Hi Satish, this is quite confusing. Several of the species are known as rudraksha in various sources.
Referring to your 4th picture, I can see some leaves are slightly serrate. They are also quite obovate, unlike the lanceolate, acute and narrower leaves of the tree whose seeds are mostly used for religious malas. I will try and post some of my pics later if I get a better internet connection! regards Radha On 31/08/2013, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Radha ji > I agree what you state but BSI Flora clearly states that these are two > distinct species and the key also says that the leaves of E.serratus are > serrate and Drupes 1-2 seeded whereas they are obsurely crenate or serrate > Drupes are 5-seeded. (The leaf margin of the above plant is almost smooth.) > and the Marathi name is "Rudraksha" and that for E.serratus is "Perinkara" > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On 31 August 2013 12:13, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> According to the Plant List* Elaeocarpus* *sphaericus* (Gaertn.) K.Schum. >> is >> a synonym <http://www.theplantlist.org/about/#synonym> of *Elaeocarpus* * >> serratus* L. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2786005> >> >> These pics also match with those for E. serratus on the Biotik site. >> >> (It is not the same as Rudraksh) >> >> >> regards >> >> Radha >> >> >> >> On Friday, August 30, 2013 8:07:01 PM UTC+5:30, Satish Phadke wrote: >>> >>> *Elaeocarpus sphaericus * >>> Observed this tree outside a temple at village Chas (Rajgurunagar) on >>> 24th Aug 2013. >>> Please validate. >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >> -- >> 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. >> 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
