What a presentation ! Complete in all respects. Great ! On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 12:17:06 PM UTC+5:30, Shiwalee Samant wrote: > > Dear Members, > > I would like to share some images of *Colubrina asiatica* (L.) Brongn. of > Rhamnaceae family, as I could not find any images for this plant in > efloraofindia database. > > *Location:* Charkop, Kandivali West, Mumbai, Maharashtra > *Date:* July 2018 and June 2017 (Photos of the flowering/plant details > are taken in July 2018 and Photos of the dry fruits were taken in June 2017) > *Habitat:* thicket near Mangroves, climbing on a thicket made of *Manilkara > hexandra* and several other climbers > *Habit:* unarmed, scandent shrub > *Distribution:* > Found near sea-shores/coastal regions. 'The Flora of the Presidency of > Bombay' Vol. I mentions it's distribution in Ghats of Konkan, and also > mentions following references to other areas of distribution: Eastern and > Western peninsulas from Konkan and Tenasserim southwards,Ceylon, Elephanta > and the Ghats(Talbot) and plentiful near the sea at Ratnagiri(Dalzell and > Gibson). > Global Distribution: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, > S.E.Africa(Reference: Cooke's flora, indiabiodiversity.org website) > S Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, West Indies > (Greater and Lesser Antilles); an almost pantropical species reported for > many coasts of the New and Old World tropics (Reference: Flora of china > website) > *Colubrina asiatica* is also naturally distributed in Hawaii. It is > considered as 'invasive' species in Florida, and capable of disturbing the > ecology by displacing the local flora. > > *Plant details:* > Stem: older stem is woody > Leaves: alternate, shiny and glabrous, broadly ovate,acuminate, subcordate > at base, margin: crenate > Flower: mostly a 5-merous flower in axillary cymes. Also observed a > 4-merous flower(attached a photo) > Calyx tube hemispherical. Sepals are triangular in shape and whitish in > colour. Petals are greenish-pale yellow, cucullate and some part of > stamen(a part of filament and whole of anther) remains enclosed in the > petal. The ovary is immersed in the stout disk and usually 3-loculed. Style > 3-fid/lobed. > Fruit: globose capsules, dehiscent at maturity > > *Flowering and Fruiting:* > Flowering season is December-March(Reference: > https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/259617) and January > (Reference: 'Additions to flowers of Sahyadri' by Shrikant Ingalhalikar) > Some resources on the internet mention that the flowering can be > throughout the year. > Observed the flowering in July. > > *References:* > 'Additions to flowers of Sahyadri' by Shrikant Ingalhalikar - page 88 > 'The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol I' by Theodore Cooke - page 246 > 'The trees, shrubs and woody climbers of the Bombay Presidency' by > W.A.Talbot - page 144 > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200013339 > https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/259617 > http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=264847 > http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Colubrina_asiatica > https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/colubrina-asiatica/ > > Regards > Shiwalee >
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