According to 'Flora of Kathmandu Valley' this ivy commonly occurs in shady oak forest, attaching the tree trunk. The give the local name as 'Pipal pate'. Collected from 1350-2500m. The fruits are small berries, globose, orange-yellow (presumably when mature). Flowering Nov-Dec. Fruiting April, This fits reasonably with the immature fruits photographed above towards the end of February.
Interestingly, Collet in 'Flora Simlensis' listed the ivy found at Shimla to be Hedera helix i.e. the species found in Britain. He described the fruit as black or yellow, sometimes red. Flowers of the Himalaya say that Hedera nepalensis occurs @ 1800-3000m from Afghanistan to SW China. They describe the fruits as shining yellow, then black. I have seen ivy at Manali and wonder how well this fits within H.nepalensis? Could there be more than one species in the Himalaya? Could the 'British' Hedera helix have been cultivated and then escaped? I note there are British oaks which have been cultivated in Manali.... Might be useful if I post some images of H.helix I have taken in the UK for comparison purposes. Stewart found Hedera nepalensis to be very common climbing cliffs or large trees @ 1500-2400m in Kashmir. I barely noticed it in Kashmir but spent little time at such low elevations. I note that a photo posted on eFI and names as H.helix is certainly a cultivated ivy, though whether H.helix, I would need to check, so definitely makes sense post my images of 'wild' Hedera helix from the UK, even though this plant is not a native of the Himalaya. As I have mentioned before during the 'British' days, many plants in the NW Himalaya were 'assumed' to be the 'same' as British species but have been shown to be separate species. Hedera nepalensis is an example. On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 2:13:00 PM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Dear Members, > > Location: Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal > Altitude: 5000 ft. > Date: 21 February 2015 > > 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.
