Thanks, Tapas ji and Sawmliana ji. On 4 Jun 2017 4:11 p.m., "Tapas Chakrabarty" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here the name has changed to *T. elliptica.* > > On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Lalithamba Avadhanam < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Terminalia alata* Roth, *Nov. Pl. Sp. 379. 1821. * >> >> *Ver.names:* Asna, Indian laurel (Eng.); Nalla maddi, inu maddi(Tel.). >> >> *Family:* Combretaceae >> >> *Description:* >> >> Deciduous trees, 10-15m high; bark black with deep vertical fissures and >> transverse cracks looks like crocodile skin; branchlets villous. Leaves >> opposite; lamina thick-chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, 6-14 × 3-7cm, base and >> apex obtuse, shallowly crenulate, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; >> secondary nerves articulate; glands turbinate on the mid nerve at the base >> of the leaf blade. Flowers 5-merous, 4-5mm across, light brownish-yellow; >> in 4-5cm long dense pedunculed spikes that are aggregated into 10-15 cm >> long terminal panicles. Rachis villous. Sepals 5, brown, 3-4mm long, >> villous. Petals absent. Stamens 10, exerted. Ovary inferior, terete, >> oblong, ovules 2-3 pendulous; style exerted. Fruit woody, and fibrous, 3-5 >> × 3-4cm, ovoid, with 5 glabrous wings. >> *Habitat & location:* Common in high altitudes in hillside forests. >> Photographed at Velugonda hills. It is also an endemic species. >> Thank you >> regards >> A.Lalithamba >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
