Sir, It is quite possible that this plant is some other than *S. fruticosum*. All i could find is a few herbarium -
*S. assimile* - http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=title%3a%22Syzygium+assimile+Thwaites%22&rows=12 *S. fruticosum* Roxb. ex DC. - http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=title%3a%22Eugenia+fruticosa+%5c(Roxb.+ex+DC.%5c)+Roxb.%22&rows=12 *S. fruticosa* DC - http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=title%3a%22Syzygium+fruticosum+DC.%22&rows=12 Thank you Regards, surajit On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:11 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Dear Surajit Koley Ji, > To me, this is *Syzygium assimile* Thwaites > Pudji Widodo > > Thank you very much for id suggestion. > But, i could not find much data in the net. I'm not sure if this species > can be *S. assimile* Thwaites. > Because - > 1) as per Flora of British India, vol2, p493; *Eugenia assimilis* > Thwaites<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-74398>is distributed in > Srilanka > 2) a site also informs the same - http://plants.jstor.org/ > specimen/k000821402?history=true > 3) another variety is again in Srilanka - http://www.iucnredlist.org/ > details/30884/0 > 4) a search for *Syzygium assimile*, in India yields nothing, except > another post in our group. > So, please have a relook. > Thank you once again, > Regards, > surajit > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 23 May 2013 12:31 > Subject: [efloraofindia:155728] Hooghly Today : JAAM PHATKAA, an eco > friendly toy ! > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > I played with it and many of my friends too, of course not the city folk! > All you need is KONCHI and some fruits of this wild JAMBUL tree. Now, what > is the English of KONCHI ?! Well, it's a slim part of a bamboo culm! > > And Santhosh Sir inspired me, indirectly, to sketch my toy! It is based on > air pressure, fruits are used as bullets as well as the head of the piston! > > As for the species, i am not sure. It is a wild medium sized tree, with > numerous fruits, about 15cm leaves, and small flowers. Nobody eats this > wild fruit and we call it BON-JAAM. > > The species might be *Eugenia fruticosa* Roxb. > > Thank you, > > Regards, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2110 members & > 1,56,000 messages on 31/5/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
