Thanks Garg ji for resurfacing the post. I am very sure this plant is *Memecylon umbellatum.* Regards. Dinesh
On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:47 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Sivu ji, > May I have your views to settle this id. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: JM Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 31 May 2014 at 18:34 > Subject: [efloraofindia:189498] Fwd: DV - 28MAR10 - 0845 :: another > Syzygium ? > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, > > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Dear friends, it must be *Memecylon umbellatum*, was under the impression > that this plant grows only at high altitude. > Another observation, the trunk / branches lacked the tell-tale > longitudinal striated texture. > The leaves are slightly over-sized, perhaps owing to the young age of this > small tree. > > *Memecylon umbellatum* is commonly known as: delek air tree, iron-wood > tree • Assamese: lalidimabophang • Hindi: अंजन anjan • Kannada: ಒಳ್ಳಯ ಕುಡಿ > ollayakudi • Konkani: काळ्यो आंक्र्यो kalleo ankrio • Malayalam: കാഞ്ഞാവ് > kaannaav, കായാബൂ kaayaabuu • Marathi: अंजन anjan, अंजनी anjani, लोखंडी झाड > lokhandi jhad • Oriya: neymaru • Sanskrit: अंजन anjan • Tamil: காயா kaya • > Telugu: అల్లి alli • Tulu: alimaru, volle kodi > > Regards. > Dinesh > > Please check two things i) whether the nerves and intra-marginal nerves > are faintly visible. ii) Color of the mature fruit, whether itis yellow or > purple. > If the nerves and intra-marginal nerves are visible and the maturefruits > are dark black-purple in coulor..... M. edule otherwise (mature fruits > yellow in color) ...... M. umbellatum. > Regards, > Giby > This Plant is indeed *Memecylon umbellatum* Burm.f commonly known as > Ironwood or Anjani from the family Melastomataceae. Cup-shaped hypanthium > and fruits drupe, globular, apex with hypanthium forming a ring all can > be seen in the photos provided by Dinesh Ji. > Regards > Tanay > > *Memecylon edule*, i think. Becos the umbels are distinctly stalked. -- > With regards > R. Vijayasankar > As far as i know *Memecylon edule* , have pink flowers, yellow fruits > turning black, and small leaves.*Memecylon umbellatum* has blue flowers > .... If the flower colour is known then the ID will be very easy. > Regards > Tanay > I feel the leaves are very much different that M. umbellatum. the leaves > are thinner, paler than M. umbellatum. > Regards > Satish Pardeshi > Tanay : flowers would be seen in the next season; will certainly get to > them. > > My comments: the trunk / branches lacked the tell-tale longitudinal > striated texture which is seen in *M. umbellatum* ... and the leaves too > are comparatively larger. > > Not yet familiar with *M.edule* ... was under the impression that *M. > edule* is a synonym of *M. umbellatum* ... FOI too states that. > With inputs from Giby, Vijayasankar ji and Satish (Pardeshi) ji, they > certainly must be separate species. > NPGS / GRIN treats these as separate species. > > Only for information ... NOT FOR CONFUSION ... attached are screenshots in > the context of *M. edule* as synonym of *M. umbellatum*: > 1) T. Cooke's Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol I, Part III > 2) Talbot's The Trees, Shrubs, and the Woody Climbers of the Bombay > Presidency > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:12:42 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> ID please ... some *Syzygium* or near-related species ? >> >> >> >> *Date/Time* : March 28, 2010 at 8.45am IST >> *Location Place* : Yeoor Hills (Sanjay Gandhi National Park) ... >> *Altitude* : 76 m ... *GPS* : 19°14'52.12"N, 72°55'34.29"E >> *Habitat* : wild, on slope ... *Type* : mixed deciduous forest >> *Plant Habit* : small tree ... *Height *: 3 - 4 m ... *Length* : - not >> climber - >> *Leaves Type *: simple (may be wrong), oppositely arranged, margin >> entire, glabrous ... *Shape* : like *jamun* leaf ... *Size* : about 9 - >> 12 cm x 4 - 5 cm >> *Inflorescence Type* : umbel ? ... *Size* : 1 - 1.5 in >> *Flowers Size* : may be about max 1 cm ... *Colour* : do not know ... >> *Calyx* : do not know ... *Bracts* : do not know >> *Fruits Type* : berry ? ... *Shape *: globose ... *Size* : 4 - 5 mm ... >> *Seeds* : do not know >> >> *Other Info* : >> *Fragrance* : did not smell ... *Pollinator* : do not know ... *Uses* >> : do not know >> >> >> >> 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 http://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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