Please also look at the images of the syntype materials of E. oppositifolia available in the website of the Kew Herbarium. Regards.
On Dec 24, 2017 14:18, "Tapas Chakrabarty" <[email protected]> wrote: > Please tell me what is this? > > On Dec 24, 2017 10:22, "Kanhaiya Lal Chaudhary" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Bimal ji, Garg ji, and Tapas ji, >> >> Thanks Bimal ji for taking it so close. Even I had suspected it to be so. >> The leaves and phyllotaxy definitely match. But *Mesua ferrea* fruits >> have two characters different from this one: >> >> 1. The fruits lack the persistent thick calyx? as seen clearly in both >> fruits (*Mesua *has smaller green or brown coloured calyx which does not >> encase the fruit so tightly) >> 2. The fruits tend to point downwards, whereas in this specimen the >> fruits are clearly pointing upwards. >> >> Attaching a photograph of fruit of what I had thought of as *Mesua >> ferrea*.. >> >> Would appreciate any comments on both issues >> Regards >> >> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 9:39 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Bimal ji. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> >>> Date: 24 December 2017 at 07:26 >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:284642] Help in Identification >>> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Hello Garg ji/Kanhaiya ji, >>> The image is of fruit of Mesua >>> ferrea. It is known as NAHOR in Asaam. When I was at Tezpur I saw this tree >>> in almost every house there. During spring it blooms profusely and the >>> flowers are sweet scented. >>> Attaching an image of flowers of the same tree taken at Cooch Behar. >>> Regards, >>> Bimal >>> >>> On 23 December 2017 at 22:18, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Kanhaiya Lal ji. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Kanhaiya Lal Chaudhary <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 23 December 2017 at 20:37 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:284642] Help in Identification >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Members, >>>> >>>> Request your kind help in identifying a small? tree. The tree was >>>> located in an unreachable place in a gorge, hence only have images from >>>> far. Two fruits? or flower buds? are seen which look unusual and may aid in >>>> identification. >>>> >>>> Photographed in Pynursla area, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya in December >>>> 2017 at about 1500 m asl. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> >>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>>> >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>> the world- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). >>>> >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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