Hello everyone, sorry to say that it doesn't look like Wrightia arborea to me......The leaf shape and numbers of lateral nerves are not typical. In the W. arborea I know there are usually 10 - 12 lateral nerves and the leaves are broader in the middle. If the leaves are tomentose (not sure from the picture) then could it be S. tinctoria ssp. rothii which has puberulous leaves? Otherwise the shape as well as the old follicles look to me like W. tinctoria.
regards Radha On Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:43:47 PM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote: > > Thanks Dr. Neil. Your posts with detailed pictures are very helpful. > > I opted the name W. pubescens because Flora of > China<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=134988>treats > this and W. arborea seperately. The latter species is characterized > by the fruits with prominent lenticells (white dots on the surface!) which > are obvious in the pictures of (fresh) fruits posted by you. I could not > see such lenticells from the pictures posted by Chitra ji here. > > But, I think you are correct by calling the posted plant as W. arborea due > to the probable size of the fruits, which are seemingly narrower in W. > pubescens. > > Chitra ji, the dried and dehisced fruits (of the previous year) are seen > just above the fingers in the 2nd picture. > > Thank you > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Neil Soares > <drneil...@yahoo.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Brilliant Dr.Vijayasankar ! It is now called Wrightia arborea [Tambda >> kuda]. My photographs of this are available at these links : >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Wrightia$20arborea$20Neil$20Soares|sort:relevance/indiantreepix/E4vHFJrBPKE/i7Axc48hpTgJ >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/Wrightia$20arborea$20Neil$20Soares|sort:relevance/indiantreepix/3Luy3jIgBDU/QZTU8s2xFGYJ >> >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Vijayasankar <vijay.b...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> *To:* Chitra Shanker <chitra...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> *Cc:* indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:46 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:159951] Woody shrub for Id 10072013CS1 >> >> By looking at the spent fruits seen in the picture, I guess this to be of >> *Wrightia pubescens*. More details may be helpful. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Chitra Shanker >> <chitra...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >> This plant was being used in panchpatra kashayam in a village. From my >> gleanings it loks like Wrightia sp possibly W. antidysentrica. Can some >> body identify this woody shrub. >> >> -- >> Dr. Chitra Shanker >> Sr. Scientist (Entomology) >> Directorate of Rice Research, >> Rajendranagar, Hyderabad -500030 >> >> -- >> 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 indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to indian...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to indian...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
