Thanks, Viplav ji, for the wonderful photographs. On 7 April 2016 at 12:03, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sharing some images of the infant and the mature leaves of *Croton > persimilis*, a small tree, cultivated in South Mumbai. > > The sessile gland on either side of the base of the midrib on the > undersurface (mentioned by Dr Tapas Chakrabarty in an earlier thread > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/CKzb9DwAdRE>) is > minute and inconspicuous. These glands and the lepidote scales on the > underside of the leaves are relatively easier to notice in the young > leaves. The petioles are also covered in scurfy scales. In a few mature > leaves, I noticed that the midrib tends to come off towards the apex on the > underside (as seen in the last image). > > Leaf size is variable; largest leaf seen on this tree: 35.8 cm x 10.8 cm > (incl. petiole of 2.8 cm). > > Photographed yesterday in the campus of RA Podar Medical College > (Ayurvedic) in Worli, South Mumbai. Thanks are due to Dr Bipin Dhalpe for > his encouragement and for allowing complete, unhindered access to the > fascinating plants in the campus. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > -- > 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 https://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> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 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. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
