Dear Muthu, Considering all your observations and going through previous comments. I hope the plant is ...................................
*Pisonia rotundata* Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 283. 1866. *Shrubs or small trees*, densely branched, to 5 m. *Stems* velvety when young, glabrate later; branches ascending, unarmed. *Leaf blades* elliptic, 2-6 × 2-5 cm, base rounded, occasionally pubsecent along veins, apex rounded to slightly retuse. *Inflorescences:* staminate inflorescences compound cymose to corymbose, 2 cm diam.; pistillate densely compound cymose at anthesis, more open in age; branches divaricate or ascending; fruiting pedicel 0.5-2 cm. *Perianths:* perianth of staminate flowers green or white, urceolate, 2-4 mm; perianth of pistillate flowers greenish, often blushed with red, 3.5-4 mm, densely puberulent. *Fruits* clavate, 7-10 × 3-4 mm, sparsely puberulent between glandular ribs, glands appearing only along distal 1/3-1/2. Regards Tanay On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:20 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “Dear Muthu, *can it be Pisonia aculeata?* pl check.” from Vijayasankar > ji. > > > > “Thank you very much sir. > *But this plant is not armed; also this is not so scandent or climbing > shrub*.” from Muthu ji. > > > “Thanks Muthu. How about leaf & floral features?* I still think that it is > Pisonia*. Let's here from other members' too. > Check these: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pisonia_aculeata_Blanco2.394.png > > http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_SP2685&res=640 > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=51042&flora_id=2” from > Vijayasankar ji. > > "*The structure of the leaves do not match the pictures on the links > provided by Mr. Vijayasankar* .Nor does the structure of the branches. > The branches in the links attached by Mr. Vijaysankar, are a bit hairy > and the leaves are dull and not glossy like those in the pictures sent > by Mr. Muthu Karthik. > This however is the observation of a novice. > Regards > Yazdy Palia." > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 5 February 2010 12:53 > Subject: [efloraofindia:27250] Shrub for id 05022010MK1 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Dear members, > Kindly help to identify this shrub found on the bank of a stream in shade. > Location: satyamnagalam RF > Date: 20 Jan 2010 > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > Chennai - 61 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
