Thank you very much. The mature plants will contain scales only on inflorescence axis, sepals, ovary and fruits. Regards, Tapas.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:28 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
