Dear Dinesh, I too had come across similar trees on the way to Rajmachi Fort from Lonavala during my visit in Dec-08. I too had seen many such trees with profuse flowering & as indicated by you, the fragrance was strong and pervaded the air for few metres around the cluster of trees. Locals told me that they call it Lokhandi. Subsequently it was identified as Ixora brachiata*.* Thanks & best wishes Prashant
On 12/30/09, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > Place: Karnala Bird Sanctuary > Date: 29 DEC 09 > > Small tree with trunk almost a foot in diameter. > Many such trees growing next to each other in heart of forest ... profuse > flowering now .. a single flower could be mildly fragrant ... however, the > fragrance was strong and pervaded the air for few metres around the cluster > of trees. > > The local guiding me said the name of this plant as *lokhandi* (Marathi: > लोखंडी) > ... in literature we find this common name applied for both *Ixora* plants > and the creeper *Ventilago maderaspatana*. > Literal meaning - ironwood, (wood to be of dense nature). > > Other common names are not known to the local folks at Karnala / Tungar > Hills. > *I. pavetta*: गोरवीकटगी goravikatagi, माकडी maakadi, रायकुरा raikura > *I. brachiata*: गोरबाळे gorbale, खुरी khuri, रायकुरा raikura > > > Shrikant ji's book, Further Flowers of Sahyadri illustrates *I. > pavetta*(synonyms: > *I. arborea*, *I. parviflora*). > In the chapter Allied Species, *I. brachiata* is described to have about 5 > mm of corolla tube, while *I. pavetta* has 12 mm. > > My memory is faint on this aspect, yet can recollect the tube to be more > than 5 mm. > > My queries: > - are both these species distributed in the northern Western Ghats (like > these area: Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, > Karnala Bird Sanctuary) ? > - any clear differences easy for eye ... especially in leaves, flowers and > fruits ? > - any additional information regarding similarities and differences ? > > Regards. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
