SARCOCOCCA
LINDL. Bot. Reg. t. I012 (I826).
Evergreen glabrous shrubs. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire, penni- or
triple-
nerved. Flowers monoecious, apetalous, bracteate, in short axillary
racemes. Maleflowers: sepals 4, 2-seriate, imbricate with 2 bracts added;
stamens 4, opposite to the sepals;filaments exserted; anthers oblong,
dorsifixed, at length recurved, locule introrse, opening bylongitudinal
slits. Female flowers: sepals 4 or 6, as in the male, with several bracts
outside;ovary 2-3-locular with two ovules in each locule; style short,
erect, entire, at length recurved. Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent,
coriaceous or fleshy with hard endocarp, I-2- seeded.
Distribution : About 20 species, from Himalaya to C. China, Indonesia,
Haiiian, Fomiosa,N. Philippines Islands, S. India, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
I. Leaves triple-nerved, fruit ellipsoid 5- C°""l‘3‘~"' 1. Leaves
penni-nerved; fruit globose 5- /""’k""""”
Sarcococca coriacea (Hook.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. I, 491 (I827) —Hara in
Fl- 5- Himal- l85 (I966) —Bull. Dept. Med. Pl. Nep. 1 : 45 (I967).
S. pruniformis Lindl.; Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 : 266 (I887), p . p. - Banerji in
Rec. Bot. Surv.
Ind. 19 (2); 83 (1965). U _t't0Small shrub with green branches. Leaves 7-
II cm long, 2-4 °"‘ br°ad{ eatlp ‘Ease
. ~ e, ovate-lanceolate, triple-nerved, alternate, petiolate, acuminate °‘
caucgte acluyelfiowish or
- _rounded or acute, petiole 0.5
l-I .5cmlong. OW"
S IS 4, Oblong,
I cm long. Racemes
greenish, female flowers many bracteate and often below the mflezl mzlrtls
thin greew
obtuse. Stamens 4, exserted, nearly double the length of the $¢Pa 5» a,.._1_
anthers yellow. Fruit ellipsoid, O.5 0.8 Cm ‘mg N aHi||5,Manipur;in Nepal-
Distribution : E. Himalaya (Nepal and ¢fl$lW'3Td5)i Khasia’ ageast and
central.
Ecology: Occurs on open as well as shady plfl6¢-Uses:
Local name: Fiti fiya (ffiffl F5111)-
Flowering: Mar.— Nov.
Fruiting: Oct.- Nov. .
" 1400-I600 m; Place of collection: Godawari, 1515 m; Nagarjun’ 1500 m’
Sundarijal’
Sheopuri, 2500 m; Gokarna, I300 m-
. .
Sarcococca hookeriana Baillon, Mono8T- Bul‘: 53 (
_ Fl E. Hima|_ l35(1966).
S. pruniformis var. hookeriana (Baill.) Hook. f., F - I‘ ' ' '
I859) - Hara in
I B _t Ind 5 _267 (1337)
Small shrub with green and terete branches. Leaves 4-I0 cm long, I-2.5 cm
broad, linear-lanceolate, penninerved, alternate, acute or acuminate, base
acute, petiole 0.5-I cm long. Racemes 0.5-I cm long. Flowers greenish or
creamy-white; female flowers many- bracteate, few and often below the
males. Sepals 4, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 4, exserted, nearly double the
length of the sepals; filaments thick; anthers yellow. Fruit globose,O.5-0.7
cm long.
Distributi'on: E. Himalaya (E. Nepal to Bhutan), N. Assam, S. Tibet; in
Nepal -east, central and west.
Ecology: Occurs on open as well as on shady place.Uses:
Local name: Khursani Pate (t§GIl=fiqfi)
Flowering." Mar.— Sept.
Fruiting: Sept.
Place of collection: Phulchoki, 2200-2500 m; Chitlang Phedi, 2300 "1;
Sl'1¢0PUFi, i800-
2200 m; Manichur, 2l30 m.
Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 7:55 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
> [image: page651image68375632]
> [image: page652image68176320]
>
> Sarcococca coriacea (Hook.) Sweet ??
>
> Thank you.
>
> Saroj Kasaju
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 8:35 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Tapas ji, for the paper.
>>
>> On Fri 11 Jan, 2019, 10:34 PM Tapas Chakrabarty, <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Here is full account of family Buxaceae!
>>> One correction: Replace "Type species" by "Type"
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 9:44 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think looks different to me as per images at
>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/buxaceae/sarcococca/sarcococca-pruniformis
>>>>
>>>> On Fri 11 Jan, 2019, 1:03 PM Saroj Kasaju, <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I guess Sarcococca saligna (D.Don) Müll.Arg. is the IDC.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 12:59 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, appears different- from me
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 22:54
>>>>>> Subject: SK1665 21 Dec 2018
>>>>>> To: efloraindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg <
>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Members,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Location : Chandragiri Hills, Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>>>> Elevation : 2350 m.
>>>>>> Date : 12 December 2018
>>>>>> Habit : Wild
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not the Sarcococca sp. , is it ??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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