Dear Saranya , Garg Ji These are female flowers. Celastrus paniculatus, and I think most species of Celastrus are dioecious. Dioecious plants have male (staminate) flowers on one plant, and female (pistillate) flowers on another plant. The stamens are not completely absent, or usually slightly reduced in size in the female flowers. In the link by DSRawat below the flowers are typically male flowers with a reduced pistil.
With best wishes, Robert Robert Archer ________________________________________ From: J.M. Garg [[email protected]] Sent: 04 July 2015 01:45 PM To: efloraofindia Cc: SARANYA HARMESH Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:226608] please tell is this flower belongs to Celastrus paniculatus Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback: Please check C.paniculatus in the link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/0nbTHog3C9c DSRawat Pantnagar efi page on Celastrus paniculatus<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/c/celastraceae/celastrus/celastrus-paniculatus> & Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/c/celastraceae/celastrus/celastrus-paniculatus-subsp-aggregatus> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: SARANYA HARMESH <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: 29 June 2015 at 16:27 Subject: [efloraofindia:226608] please tell is this flower belongs to Celastrus paniculatus To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> i got this flower from a plant believed to be Celastrus paniculatus.In all books Celastrus paniculatus consists of 5 stamens. all stamens contains large number of pollen grains. but in this flower the stamens are too small and hardly contains one or two pollen. the gynoecium is large in size. -- 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. -- 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 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or Efloraofindia website<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 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'. Please visit our website www.sanbi.org for more information about the South African National Biodiversity Institute . Think before you print. Please consider the environment before printing this email. NOTE: This email and any attachments are intended for the addressee only, and contain information that may be legally privileged and / or confidential and / or the subject of copyright that is protected by law. Any unauthorised usage, disclosure, alteration or dissemination is prohibited. The SANBI accepts no responsibly for any loss whether it be direct, indirect or consequential, arising from information made available and actions resulting there from. No liability is accepted by the SANBI or the sender. The views or opinion expressed in this email message may not necessarily be that of the SANBI or the SANBI Management. The SANBI reserves the right to monitor all email communication. Please consider the environment before printing this email. The disclaimer is located at http://www.sanbi.org/node/5672 -- 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.
