Dear Drs.Tapas and Maslin, Thank you very much for the effort in sorting out the ID of this species. I will send the large original files of leaves to you in separate mails.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr. Muthu Karthick, > Hope that you are in receipt of the forwarded message from Dr. Bruce > Maslin, relating to the identity of the present photographs. Hope that the > matter is clarified now. However, as desired by Dr. Maslin, please attach > high resolution images to enable him to see the leaf venation. > Thanks and regards, > Tapas. > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Maslin, Bruce <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:09 AM >> Subject: RE: [efloraofindia:223531] Acacia (Wattle) for ID :: May MK002 >> To: Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hi Tapas >> >> That specimen cannot be Acacia melanoxylon because the flowers are in >> axillary spikes (not heads in racemes) and the pods are wrong. >> >> As best I can tell your specimen is Acacia colei Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson >> var. colei. The pods and inflorescences look right. If I could see the >> phyllode nervature then I could confirm this identification. >> I have attached my description of this species. You can also see more >> information about it on the WorldWideWattle website at: >> http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/species-intro.php?id=17013. >> >> Acacia colei is a relative of Acacia holosericea (in previous years it >> was confused with A. holosericea). It is one of the species that in recent >> years has been trialled in many o/s countries for a variety if utilisation >> purposes; its seeds are used as a human food. Is it invasive in India? >> >> All the very best. >> >> Bruce. >> >> Bruce Maslin >> Senior Principal Research Scientist >> W.A. Herbarium >> Department of Environment and Conservation >> Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre,Western Australia 6983 >> Email: [email protected]. >> Tel: 08-92199133 (office direct); 0429 334051 (mobile). Fax: 08-93340327. >> >> Honorary Research Associate >> Singapore Botanic Gardens Herbarium (SING) >> 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Tapas Chakrabarty [[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2015 12:43 AM >> To: Maslin, Bruce >> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:223531] Acacia (Wattle) for ID :: May MK002 >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:09 PM >> Subject: [efloraofindia:223531] Acacia (Wattle) for ID :: May MK002 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> Please help me to confirm if this is Acacia melanoxylon? >> >> Habitat: open scrub forest >> >> Date: 27 April 2015 >> Place: Kancheepuram dist., (Chennai outskirts) TN >> Alt.: 14 m asl >> >> >> >> -- >> 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]<mailto: >> [email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
