thank you very nice usha di On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:19 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Lalithamba ji, for the wonderful presentation and images > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Mon 14 Jan, 2019, 7:00 PM Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected] > wrote: > >> Dear all , >> I am attaching female and male plants of *Cycas beddomei,* photographed >> from Seshachalam hills >> >> *Plant name: Cycas beddomei* Dyer >> >> *Common names:* Beddome's cycas, Andhra Pradesh Cycas (Eng.); Perita, >> Madhana - Kamakshi. >> >> *Family*: Cycadaceae >> >> *Description*: Small unbranched tree to 2 m high, bole diameter up to >> 20cm; bark brown, exfoliating in rectangular scales. >> >> *Leaves:* >> >> Stem crowned with 20-30 large, pinnately compound leaves; leaves 1-1.2 m >> long, rachis quadrangular; petiole up to 15 cm long with minute spines on >> upper portion, base clothed with tufted tomentum; leaflets narrow, linear, >> 10 - 18 x 0.2-0.35 cm, margins revolute, apex spinous-acuminate. >> >> *Flowers and fruits*: >> >> Plants dioecious; flowers absent. Male and female plants produce a single >> cone at the top of the stem. *Male* cones short-stalked, compact, >> narrowly ovoid woody structures, orange in colour, up to 35 x 16 cm; >> with 800-820 microsporophylls, spirally around a central axis; except a >> few at basal and apical parts of the cone all are fertile; microsporophyll >> 3.5-4 x 0.5 cm, oblong, deltoid, tapering, acuminate at apex, lower erect, >> upper strongly recurved; abaxial surface bears microsporangia up to the >> wedge-shaped expanded part of the microsporophyll. >> >> *Female* plants produce 40-50 megasporophylls in close spirals in >> acropetal succession at the apex of the stem; each one ovate-lanceolate, >> differentiated into basal stalk and upper pinnate strongly toothed flat >> lamina with an apical acuminate spine; up to 4 x 2 cm; ovules usually >> 2-4 on either side of stalk. Seeds globose. >> >> *Phenology*: The male and female cones occur in April-June; >> >> Axis of male cone elongates on maturation, loosening sporophylls, emits >> pleasant fragrance. >> *Distribution*: This species *endemic* to Seshachalam hills (formerly >> called as Cuddapah - Tirupati hills) of the Southern Eastern Ghats of >> Andhra Pradesh. >> >> *Uses*: The seeds are processed and eaten in mixture with cereal. The >> male cones are pruned away by local tribals because they consider it has >> narcotic and rejuvenating properties. >> >> -- >> 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 email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- 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.
