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________________________________ From: tanay bose <[email protected]> To: Tabish <[email protected]> Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 10 May, 2010 5:32:04 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:34422] Re: Cordia wallachii Thanks Tabish Ji Tanay On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: PS : Cordia myxa Thwaites (not Cordia myxa L.) is a synonym of Cordia >obliqua Willd > - Tabish > > >On May 9, 10:08 pm, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> Currently accepted name is Cordia obliqua Willd. var. wallichii >> ( G.Don ) C.B.Clarke >> Cordia wallichii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4(2): 379. 1838 [Mar-Apr 1838] is >> the base name. >> >> Probably the source of confusion is that >> Cordia obliqua B.Heyne ex DC. Prodr. (DC.) 9: 479. 1845 [Jan >> 1845] is an invalid synonym of >> C. wallichii G. Don (1838). >> - Tabish >> >> On May 9, 7:55 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Tanay >> > C. myxa L., 1753 can't be a synonym of C. obliqua Willd., 1798; it can be >> > otherwise (eflora Pakistan) or two as distinct species (GRIN). >> >> > -- >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > Retired Associate Professor >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Thanks for the updation >> > > Tanay >> >> > > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Devendra Bhardwaj < >> > > [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> Tanayji, >> > >> In rajasthan condition fruiting not possible.But it is in wild. >> > >> Regard >> > >> Devendra >> >> > >> ------------------------------ >> > >> *From:* tanay bose <[email protected]> >> > >> *To:* Devendra Bhardwaj <[email protected]> >> > >> *Cc:* indiatreepix <[email protected]> >> > >> *Sent:* Sun, 9 May, 2010 8:04:28 PM >> > >> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:34394] Cordia wallachii >> >> > >> *Cordia obliqua **Willd.* >> >> > >> *Synonymy: **Cordia wallichii* G. Don.* Cordia myxa* Linn. *Cordio >> > >> latifolia* Roxb. >> >> > >> *Family:* Moraginaceae >> >> > >> *English name:* Large sebesten >> >> > >> *Indian names:* *chinna-nakeru, kichavirigi, nekkera* (Andhra Pradesh); >> > >> *bahubara, >> > >> bohari, bohodari, buhal *(Bengal); *bargund, gadgundi, nanugundi, >> > >> pisten, >> > >> sepisten *(Gujrat); *lassura* (Himachal Pradesh); *lasora, chhota, >> > >> lasora >> > >> * (Hindi); *chikkachalle, challe, dodda, challe *(Karnataka); *viri, >> > >> cheruviri* (Kerala);* shelwant, burgund dubiwur, motabhokhar >> > >> *(Maharashtra); >> > >> *lassora*, (Punjab); *geduri, giduri* (Sind); *bahuvaraka. bahuwara, >> > >> bhutvriksha, gandhapushpa* (Sanskrit); *naruvili, ali, namviri *(Tamil >> > >> Nadu) >> >> > >> *Cordia obliqua* Willd. is a medium-sized tree, found scattered >> > >> throughout the mid-Himalyas up to elevations of 1,470 metres. The tree >> > >> is >> > >> very vigorous. >> >> > >> There are two forms of *Cordia obliqua* Willd., occurring in Himachal >> > >> Pradesh. The major difference between these two is the size of the >> > >> fruits, >> > >> which is small in one case and large in the other. The present >> > >> observations >> > >> were recorded only on the small-fruited type which is commoner. >> >> > >> *Morphology* >> >> > >> A medium-sized deciduous tree, 10.5 metres high; the girth of the trunk >> > >> of >> > >> a full-bearing tree being 75.5 cm; wood, light brown, moderately bard; >> > >> branches, glabrous. >> >> > >> Leaves, alternate, entire to slightly dentate, 10.1 cm long, 5.7 cm >> > >> broad; >> > >> venation, reticulate-pinnate; young leaves, tomentose from beneath; >> > >> mature >> > >> leaves, almost glabrous. and ovate. >> >> > >> Flowers, very short-stalked, bisexual, actinomorphic, glabrous, >> > >> complete, >> > >> white, the average diameter of a fully open flower, 6 mm; inflorescence, >> > >> terminal or an axillary cyme, almost resembling a biparous cyme; >> > >> flowers per >> > >> cluster, 14; calyx, cup-shaped, gamosepalous, about 4 mm in length, >> > >> slightly >> > >> dentate from top and light green; corolla, creamish white, polypetalous, >> > >> with 4 petals, 6 mm in length; stamens, 2 in number, epipetalous, each >> > >> having a very small filament; gynoecium, bifurcated, 4 mm, long, having >> > >> a >> > >> globose ovary at the base. >> >> > >> Fruit, a drupe, 1.75 cm in diameter, 2.92 g in weight, 2.88 ml in >> > >> volume, >> > >> colour, light yellow to slightly greenish, with a light-red tinge at the >> > >> time of full maturity; epicarp, thick; mesocarp, mucilaginous; endocarp, >> > >> hard and stony. >> >> > >> Stone, 8.5 mm in length, 7 mm in width, 375 mg in weight, 298 >> > >> microlitres >> > >> in volume, each stone containing two seeds, which are separated from >> > >> each >> > >> other by a stony septum seeds mildly sweet. >> >> > >> *The flowering and fruiting season* >> >> > >> The flowering starts during the last week of April and continues till >> > >> the >> > >> end of May under Dharampur (Himachal >> >> > >> Pradesh) conditions. The fruiting season lasts from the beginning of >> > >> July >> > >> to the end of August. >> >> > >> *Yield* >> >> > >> The average yield of a tree of *Cordia obliqua* Willd. is 52.5 kg. >> >> > >> *Chemical composition of the fruit* >> >> > >> The fruit contains moisture, 75 g; acidity, 0.2 g; total sugars, 3.55 g; >> > >> reducing sugars, 3.41 g; non-reducing sugars, 0.08 g, and pectin, 4.5 >> > >> g; all >> > >> per 100 g of the edible portion. The total soluble solids of the fruit >> > >> pulp >> > >> constitute 10.2 per cent. >> >> > >> The fresh fruit contains, protein 2.06 g; ash, 2.132 g; phosphorus, >> > >> 0.091 >> > >> g; potassium, 1.066 g; calcium, 0.062 g; magnesium, 0.067 g; and iron >> > >> 0.005 >> > >> g per 100 g of the edible portion. >> >> > >> *Medicinal properties* >> >> > >> The fruits of *Cordia obliqua* Willd. can be used as an expectorant and >> > >> are effective in treating the diseases of the lungs. In the raw >> > >> condition, >> > >> they contain a gum which can be used beneficially in gonorrhoea (Watt, >> > >> 1889). >> >> > >> The fruits are also useful in treating coughs, the diseases of the >> > >> chest, >> > >> and chronic fever. They lessen thirst, and the scalding of the urine, >> > >> remove >> > >> pain from the joints and the burning of the throat and are also >> > >> effective in >> > >> treating the diseases of the spleen (Kirtikar and Basu, 1938). Uphof >> > >> (1968) >> > >> has stated that the fruits are used as a demulcent in southern Iran. >> >> > >> *Dessert quality* >> >> > >> The mature fruits are highly mucilaginous, and sweet to alkaline They >> > >> are >> > >> not very good for eating in the fresh condition. >> >> > >> *Utilization* >> >> > >> The raw fruits are used as a vegetable. A very good pickle of raw fruits >> > >> is also made. The mucilaginous substance of the fruit can be used as a >> > >> gum >> > >> for pasting sheets of paper, cardboard , etc. >> >> > >> Serious losses are caused to *Cordia obliqua* Willd. in Himachal Pradesh >> > >> and other parts of India by the maggots of fruitflies, found to be >> > >> feeding >> > >> inside the fruits. Along with them, the grubs of beetles are also found >> > >> feeding on the pulp and the kernels. In the case of a severe attack. the >> > >> loss due to these insect pests is 100 per cent. Suitable measures >> > >> should be >> > >> evolved to control these insect pests. >> >> > >> Tanay >> >> > >> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Devendra Bhardwaj < >> > >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >>> Cordia wallachii a rare tree species in Jamwa Ramgarh >> > >>> Sanctury,Jaipur,Rajasthan.Flowring in night time. >> > >>> Regard >> > >>> Devendra >> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > >>> Groups >> > >>> "efloraofindia" group. >> > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > >>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> > >>> . >> > >>> For more options, visit this group at >> > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> > >> -- >> > >> Tanay Bose >> > >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> > >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> > >> 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> > > -- >> > > Tanay Bose >> > > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> > > 9830439691(Mobile) >> > > 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > > "efloraofindia" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> > > . >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> > x >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "efloraofindia" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"efloraofindia" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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