Tabish ji should be right. With C. myxa L. out of picture being restricted to cultivation in Asia minor and Egypt, C. obliqua Willd. var. wallichii should be the correct name at that level.
-- 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: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Devendra Bhardwaj < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for comments. > Regard > Devendra > > ------------------------------ > *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]> >> <indiantreepix%[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]> >> <indiantreepix%[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]<indiantreepix%[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]<indiantreepix%[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]<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) > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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