Dear Chris, Thank you for the detailed information. However, I am also not sure about the correct ID of the plant. I am enclosing the link showing the listing.
*http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=111375 <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=111375>* [image: FoI] <http://www.flowersofindia.net/> Autumn Olive [image: Foto info] [image: Autumn Olive] Tell a friend about this flower! <http://www.flowersofindia.net/Scripts/rec_form.php> ative *Photo:* Nidhan Singh*Common name:* Autumn Olive • Hindi: Giwain, Kankal • Manipuri: ꯍꯩꯌꯥꯢ হৈযাঈ Heiyai • Nepali: गुएली Guenlee *Botanical name:* *Elaeagnus parvifolia* *Family:* *Elaeagnaceae* (Oleaster family) *Synonyms:* Elaeagnus umbellata var. parvifolia, Elaeagnus salicifolia ------------------------------ Autumn Olive is a small tree or shrub, often spiny. The small white (fading to yellow) flowers have a sickly-sweet aroma. The leaves are densely covered with silvery scales beneath and have scattered silvery scales above. The petioles and young branchlets are also covered with silvery scales. Leaves are 2-9 cm long, 0.8-3 cm broad, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, blunt ot pointed, dull green above, with peltate and stellate hairs, lower surface sometimes with ferruginous scales. Leaf-stalks are 2-6 mm long. Fruit is 8-9 mm long, elliptic-ovoid, succulent, covered with scales when young, endocarp not hard, 8-ribbed, woolly within. Autumn Olive is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, Assam and W. China, at altitudes of 1300-3000 m. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:17 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji > > On 31 Dec 2016 1:18 p.m., "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am pleased to view these good images of an Elaeagnus in flower. I >> myself have only ever come across Elaeagnus at the fruiting stage. But is >> this E.parvifolia? >> >> 'Flowers of the Himalaya' only describe one species, *E.parvifolia*, out >> of 6 recorded from the region, so it is likely this is over-recorded. >> >> 'Enumeration of the Flowering plants of Nepal' lists 5 species yet has 6 >> species in a key provided to distinguish between them! >> >> Of these, E.infundibularis, E.kanaii, E.parvifolia & E.tricholepis are >> recorded from suitable elevations. And perhaps E.conferta? >> >> *The first major problem with the specimen being E.parvifolia is that >> this, according to the 'Enumeration' flowers in the spring (whilst 'Flowers >> of the Himalaya' says spring to early summer). A plant in flower at the >> end of December does not tally with this.* >> >> The second consideration is that 'Flora of Kathmandu Valley' (1986) only >> lists E.conferta Roxb. - which was recorded below Godawari and Phulchoki @ >> 1900m, >> flowering November to January, local name '*Madilo*'. *I cannot be >> certain as to the reliability of this identification.* >> >> *This and the genus as a whole along the Himalaya needs checking >> further. * >> >> >> There are keys in both the 'Enumeration' and 'Flora of Bhutan' (covering >> Bhutan & Sikkim). In the latter it says the name E.conferta has sometimes >> been misapplied to E.caudata such that literature records require >> confirmation. E.conferta Roxb. in Bhutan and Darjeeling such this species >> is from terai and foothills i.e. well below 1900m. Unfortunately, the >> entry for this species is missing within the 'Enumeration'. >> >> >> On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 9:04:11 AM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju >> wrote: >> >>> Dear members >>> >>> Location: Nagarkot, Nepal >>> Altitude: 7000 ft. >>> Date: 28 December 2016 >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >> -- 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.
