I initially thought of Mallotus nepalensis but here the inflorescences are paniculate pointing to M. ferruginous.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 09:28 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> > Date: Wed 20 Jun, 2018, 7:49 AM > Subject: Re: OBSERVATION ON A MALLOTUS SPECIES > To: Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > Cc: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > Seven individual images are attached. May help. > Have a good day. > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 at 19:53, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If Bimal da can send individual images, okay otherwise I will try with >> the second collage. >> >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 18:38 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If Bimal ji posts individual images, it may be helpful. >>> >>> On Tue 19 Jun, 2018, 12:11 AM Tapas Chakrabarty, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It is not possible to name the species with this collage as most >>>> characters of the leaves and their arrangement and closer details of fruits >>>> are not available. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 10:45 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks, Bimal ji for nice observations and research. >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>> From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: Mon 18 Jun, 2018, 9:12 AM >>>>> Subject: OBSERVATION ON A MALLOTUS SPECIES >>>>> To: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> One particular Mallotus species is quite common at Cooch Behar. I am >>>>> not sure whether it is Mallotus roxburghianus or Mallotus paniculatus. As >>>>> the fruits are ripe now I wanted to see what are the bird species visit >>>>> this tree for the fruits. A surprise was waiting for me. I found that >>>>> Cantao ocellatus bug ( known as JEWEL BUG/ SHIELD-BACKED- BUG ) breeds on >>>>> this plant. I recorded this insect in large congregation on this plant. >>>>> Literature says in India recorded host plant for this insect are Kigelia >>>>> pinnata and Macaranga peltata. But in Singapore the host plant is Mallotus >>>>> paniculatus. >>>>> Attaching a collage of this observation. Can anybody tell me the >>>>> identity of this Mallotus species? >>>>> >>>> -- > 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.
