Garg Sir, Again i do not know this plant. But if i am to pick out one between the two suggested IDs i will take *Alcimandra cathcartii* - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242302067. *M. cathcartii* H. f. & T. (FBI, vol1. p42) has oblong-lanceolate, acuminate leaves; distributed in Sikkim Himalaya.
*Magnolia stella* seems to be a shrub - http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/magnolia_stella.html *Magnolia stellata* also a shrub - 1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250090278 2. http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2006/03/magnolia_stellata_waterlily.php 3. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_stellata One key - - Petiole without a stipular scar = *Alcimandra* = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=100968 - Petiole with scar = *Yulania* (*Y. stellata* = *M. stellata*) = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=135227 Thank you Regards On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:05 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > To me it looks like a member of Magnoliaceae. And, it somewhat matches to > *Alcimandra cathcartii (= Michelia/Magnolia cathcartii). * > Regards > Vijayasankar Raman > > may be Magnolia stella. > promila > > On google search Magnolia stella to be correctly spelled as *Magnolia > stellata-* from me. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pravin Kawale <[email protected]> > Date: 27 May 2013 22:34 > Subject: [efloraofindia:156080] ID27052013PHK > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Id Please > A tree at Darjeeling,West Bengal > 15 May,2013 > Thanks in advance > > > DSC05307-001.JPG > DSC05311-001.JPG > > These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > -- > 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.
