Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. On 20 Jan 2017 1:56 p.m., "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
