I agree with the id *Polygala arillata*, too. Good identification and nice pictures, Usha ji! Thanks for sharing.
Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:36 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > I agree with *Polygala arillata* as per description and illustrations. > Thank you > Regards > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> It can be a *Pittosporum *sp. >> Not sure but... >> Regards >> Vijayasankar >> >> just got the fruit as we walked down out of the forest. The person who >> got it told me that its roots were much sought after for 'Marcha' a kind of >> local yeast cake used to ferment some local foods. >> Here is a picture by Sangay Bhutia with bit of leaf showing at the >> bottom, which is not very helpful! >> I then checked it out on Internet and see that it is possibly *Polygala >> arillata *(tho' the seed in my pic looks a bit different). But need >> experts here to confirm or correct. And there is a paper from Nepal on >> this 'Marcha Plant' at >> https://www.scribd.com/doc/9314292/Polygala-Arillata-Marcha-Plant, which >> has no picture. Have dropped the author a line and hope he responds. >> Thanks for responding Ushadi and Vijayasankar, >> Usha >> >> efi page on Polygala arillata >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/polygalaceae/polygala/polygala-arillata> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: U GLachungpa <[email protected]> >> Date: 5 November 2014 19:02 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:205281] Fruit/Seed from Sikkim for id >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear All, >> would be grateful if the picture below could be identified. The fruit is >> from a small shrub at c. 1600m in Sikkim. I am told that it is added to >> the mixture locally called 'Marcha' used for fermentation. Have tried to >> get the picture from all sides. The fruit is very small. >> >> Kind regards, >> Usha >> >> -- >> Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa >> Prin. Research Officer (WL) & Addl. Dir. SBB >> Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt. >> Govt. of Sikkim >> Forest Secretariat Annexe Bldg >> Deorali, Gangtok 737102 >> Tel/Cell: 03592-280402; 094340-25273 >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
