Thank you Tapas Sir ! Saroj Kasaju
On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 3:33 PM Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]. 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