Thank you Garg ji and Mahadeswara ji for your kind words and feedback. Regards Shiwalee
On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 9:16:59 AM UTC+5:30, Mahadeswara wrote: > > 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 >> > -- 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.
