Saroj ji, I think the description is more or less conforming with A. sikkimensis. I have seen the images of the type specimens in Kew. The identification seems to be okay. The Nepali names which I provided here are taken from Flora of Bhutan. In case you do not have this, please procure all volumes. This will be very useful for your studies. When I go to CAL Herbarium, I will try to look at the specimens available there, if any.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 18:52 Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tapas Sir, > > Thank you for the ID however not much ref and images found > in the web to tally. Found some description which is submitted herewith. > > 7. Tertiary veins scalariform or reticulate-scalariform; leaves > verticillate or subverticillate > ..................................................................................................... > 8 8. Fruit ellipsoid > ........................................................................ > 10. A. sikkimensis > > 10. Actinodaphne sikkimensis Meisn. in DC., Prodr. 15(1): 213. 1864. Type: > not located. Fig. 2 F–H. Small to medium-sized tree, 6–20 m high, dbh 20–30 > cm. Twigs slender, juvenile shoot pubescent. Bark grey to brown, cracking, > inner bark yellowish brown. Terminal buds perulate with imbricate scales, > elliptic-oblanceolate, 0.8–1 cm long, velutinous. Leaves subverticillate of > 4–6 leaves; blade lanceolate-elliptic, 10–14 by 2–4 cm; apex acuminate to > caudate; base cuneate; margin entire; chartaceous, greenish and almost > shining above, velutinous when young, glabrous on both surfaces sometimes > puberulous beneath when mature, glaucous beneath; midrib sunken above, > raised beneath, puberulous on both surfaces, secondary veins 8–12 pairs, at > an angle of 30º–50º from the midrib, raised on both surfaces, arching and > looping near margin, tertiary veins reticulate-scalariform, slightly > distinct above, distinct beneath. Petiole slender, 0.5–1 cm long, > puberulous. InÀ orescences fasiculate, 0.6–1.2 cm in diam., axillary or > borne along twigs between whorls of leaves. Staminate À ower: pedicels 3 mm > long, velutinous; perianth lobes ellipticoblong, 3–3.2 by 1–1.2 mm, > glabrous inside, velutinous outside, stamens 9 (–10), anther oblong, 2 mm > long, ¿ lament 4 mm long, villous. Pistillate À ower: pedicels 3 mm long, > velutinous; perianth lobes elliptic-oblong, 3–3.2 by 1–1.2 mm, glabrous > inside, velutinous outside; ovary ovoid, ca. 1 by 1 mm, glabrous, style > slender, 0.5–1 mm long, glabrous, stigma peltate; staminodes 9 (–10), > 3-lobed, 2 mm long, glabrous. Infructescences each bearing 1–5 fruits. > Fruit ellipsoid, 7–8 mm in diam.; apex apiculate; young fruits green, > mature fruits red, drying black; mature perianth tube shallowly cupshaped, > 7–8 mm in diam., glabrous on both sides; pedicels thick, 0.7–1.5 cm long, > puberulous. > Thailand.— NORTHERN: Nan (Doi Phuka National Park), Phitsanulok (Phu Hin > Rong Kla National Park); NORTHEASTERN: Loei (Phu Luang Wildlife Santuary, > Phu Kra Dueng National Park). Distribution.— India (Sikkim). Ecology.— > Lower montane forest, near streamside, alt. 1,000–1,400 m; À owering: > November-January; fruiting: March-July. Vernacular.— Tong Lat Sikkim (°Š > ¨µ·„…·¤). Specimens examined.— L.B., E.C. Abbe & T. Smitinand 9428 (BKF, > K); P. Srisanga et al. 2278 (QBG); M. Tanaros 7 (BKF),18 (BKF), 20 (BKF), > 31 (BKF). > > Duid not find any source to verify the Nepali names. > > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 6:17 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Tapas ji >> >> On Tue 3 Jul, 2018, 4:13 PM Tapas Chakrabarty, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I arrived at this conclusion after seeing all genera and species >>> recorded from that area. The inflorescence type is unusual and the same was >>> noted by JD Hooker. Flora Bhutan recognized this species. Flora of India >>> publication by Gangopadhyay is awaited. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 09:35 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Please check the following: >>>> *Actinodaphne sikkimensis *Meisn. in DC., Prodr. 15(1): 213. 1864; >>>> Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 147. 1887; D.G.Long in Grierson & D.G.Long, Fl. >>>> Bhutan1(2): 281. 1984. >>>> Nep.: *Rudilo, Sik siki, Phurke Sikkim. * >>>> *- from Tapas ji. * >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Sat 23 Jun, 2018, 1:58 PM >>>> Subject: SK1225 23 JUNE 2018 >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >>>> [email protected]>, Tabish <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Members, >>>> >>>> Location: Sakiyong Khasmahal, Pedong Reshi Rd, India >>>> Date: 16 May 2018 >>>> Altitude: 5550 ft. >>>> Habit : Wild >>>> >>>> Lauraceae family?? >>>> >>>> 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.
