Ushadi I found out that I had uploaded this plant in 2012, and we had long discussion on this. The correct name according to the plant list is *Toxicodendron* *vernicifluum* (Stokes) F.A. Barkley
Incidentally it is already on Flowers of India by me http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Varnish%20Tree.html Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ushadi for useful information. I would surely check for it here. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:46 PM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you,Gurcharanji, these berries are different looking... >> these are separate, the bunch seems pointing towards the earth... >> as opposed to the poison sumac berry bunches seen in north america... >> not sure if it occurs in SF where you are right ow but if you go to the >> mountains or into oregon I have seen them... since they are weeds never >> took time to really photograph them... but being a keen botanist I am >> sure you'll spot them... very soon the leaves would change colors too... >> their berries individually are quite small... but tightly packed.. almost >> as tightly as millet or jowar is packed... >> >> still with the difference in berries... the leaves /twigs/juice behaved >> like a rhus anyway... family of allergenic plants... Lesson to learn. I >> did. Thanks >> Usha di >> -- >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Ushadi >>> Luckily I have some photographs of drupe (not ripe though) taken last >>> year on July 30. This year I photographed flowers in May. >>> I am uploading the photographs of drupes. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 4:45 PM, ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, this is Sumac.. Thnaks for the flower picture , I never went too >>>> near to look this closely, Hope you wer safe distance this time around. >>>> >>>> colloquially called Poison sumac... name implies stay away from its sap >>>> or the "oil" on the surface of the leaves...just like POiSON IVY and POISON >>>> OAK" in north america, grows in road sides where the disturbed soil is ... >>>> >>>> Usually all SUMACs do not grow as majestically tall or wide as the >>>> Ailanthus altissima... so once they are fully grown they can be >>>> distuinguished... and the sumac leaves also turn red before falling off in >>>> winter. >>>> >>>> DID you ever get to photograph their berries? >>>> >>>> USha di >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Rhus succedanea* var. *himalaica* Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:12. 1876. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Tree can be confused with Ailanthus altissima also growing commonly in >>>>> Kashmir valley, but can be differentiated by much thinner totally entire >>>>> glabrous leaves (somewhat thicker, serrate and hairy beneath in A. >>>>> altissima), smaller flower and fruit being a small up to 1 cm long drupe >>>>> (3-5 cm long samara in A. altissima). Deciduous tree with glabrous >>>>> branches; leaves up to 50 cm long, imparipinnate with 9-13 leaflets, >>>>> menbranous; flowers pale yellowish-white, in pubescent panicles shorter >>>>> than leaves; calyx lobes ovate-obtuse; petals pale yellowish-green; styles >>>>> 3; fruit a drupe up to 8 mm broad, slightly longer, yellowish brown. >>>>> >>>>> I was first introduced to this tree back in 1971 when returning after >>>>> a collection trip to Dachhigam sanctuary (my research area) I rushed to a >>>>> doctor with lots of itching and blisters on my arms and hands. Doctor >>>>> asked >>>>> me if I had touched some new plant, and I got the answer. Juice of this >>>>> plant (cut twigs in my case) can cause skin irritation. >>>>> Photographed from Dachhigam, Kashmir. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> > > > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. 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