>From above link------------------------- *15. Ziziphus truncata* Blatt. & Hallb. in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 26: 234. 1918.
Small shrubs with divaricate branches; young parts chestnut coloured, downy; stipular spines 2, upto 1 cm long, tomentose at base, one straight and shorter, the other recurved. Leaves alternate, orbiculate, 1.5 -3.5 x 1 - 2.5 cm, subcordate, coriaceous, glabrous above, downy beneath, 3-nerved from base, apical truncate portion irregularly dentate; nerves extending up to apex; midrib with 2 - 3 equal, secondary veins; petioles 5 mm long. Cymes axillary, sessile, tomentose. Flowers 4 - 5 mm across; buds hemispherical; pedicels up to 4 mm long. Calyx lobes deltoid, 2 - 2 .5 mm long, acute, pubescent without, glabrous within. Petals spathulate, 1.5 -1 .8 mm long, cucullate, rounded at apex. Stamens 1.2 -1.6 mm long; filaments acicular. Disc 10-lobed with 10 furrows, glabrous. Ovary bicarpellary, superior; styles 2, connate up to the middle, divergent near the apex. Fruits globose, yellow when ripe. Seeds 1-2, compressed, black. *Fl. & Fr.* : Oct. - March. *Distrib.* India : On rocks. Rajasthan. *Notes.* *Z. truncata* Blatt. & Hallb. is closely allied to *Z. nummularia* (Burm.f.) Wight & Arn. but differs in shape size and texture of leaves. Experts please verify On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:08 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Ziziphus > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rhamnaceae/ziziphus> > species in eFloraofindia (with details/ *keys *from published papers/ > regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever > available on net) > very nice > is there a local gujarati name ? > > usha di > > Some people call it as "Bairoli" it has round medium size fruits, size > similar to Z. xylopyrus fruits, even green colored fruits also tastes sweet. > Regards. > Paresh > no idea, here is the BSI key - > http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=4620&type=3 > > Thank you > Regards > surajit koley > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Paresh Churi <[email protected]> > Date: 10 September 2015 at 11:09 > Subject: [efloraofindia:231438] Zizyphus for id , Koteshwar, Gujarat, > Aug-2015 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>, Rohit Patel < > [email protected]> > > > Hello everyone, > > Please identify this shrub found near Koteshwar, Narayan Sarovar WLS, > local people say its flowering & fruiting from December onwards. > > Thanks in advance! > > Paresh Churi. > > -- > 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 email to [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'. > -- 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.
