Thank you Madam, but of several *C. tomentosa* <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Callicarpa+tomentosa> which one I'm supposed to search?
Regards surajit On Tuesday, 6 October 2015 07:49:10 UTC+5:30, greene wrote: > > Please, > Since I live in the USA I only have the Callicarpa americana in my garden. > I use the leaves to repel insects and the fruit to make jelly. > I am not a botanist but please is there some reason why you did not > include the C. tomentosa in your list of possibles? I hope it is permitted > for me to post this link so you may see a C. tomentosa photo. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callicarpa_Tomentosa_17.JPG > Thank you, > greene/Carmelita > > On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 12:46:48 PM UTC-4, surajitkoley wrote: >> >> I am not familiar with this genus, *Callicarpa*. I photographed these >> pics on 24-Sept-2015. I waited for flowers and today i noticed tiny pink >> flowers, possibly 4-merous (well, i am still doing without glasses, but >> time has come to get one!). >> >> Unfortunately I didn't have camera with me. Hope i will get flower >> pictures tomorrow. But, not guaranteed, for there were only two specimen, >> on the 24th last month, in a bamboo thicket whereas today there was only >> one. Because, this is the time when villagers collect fuelwood by removing >> all sorts of weeds. >> >> It's only 1.5 ft herb, may grow to a shrub if kept alive! There is >> scarcely any trunk, base is woody. Stem cannot be called 4-angled. Entire >> plant is woolly. Leaf blades are 15cm or more long, petiole around 2 cm. >> >> Bengal Plants lists - >> >> 1. *C. arborea* Roxb. = a tree in Bihar, N,. Bengal, Tirhut, >> Chittagong >> 2. *C. cana* L. = a large shrub, often cultivated, occasionally >> naturalised in Central Bengal >> 3. *C. macrophylla* Vahl. = 3-8 ft shrub, in all provinces >> 4. *C. longifolia* Lam. var. *lanceolaria* = a shrub, Central Bengal, >> Tippera, Chittagong >> >> Botany of Bihar & Orissa licts - >> >> 1. *C. arborea* Roxb. >> 2. *C. macrophylla* Vahl. >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> surajit >> >> -- 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.
