Dear Rashida, M.umbellatum also do have yellow berries. This plant, as you said can be confused between M. umbellatum and M.talbottianum. M.talbottianum grows under thick evergreen canopy even well stratified thick forest. But M.umbellatum never grow in such condition. And M.talbotianum generally doesn't grow in open conditions (some ecological notes from personal experience). But, here, if you are sure about the flowers were sessile this can be most probably M. talbotianum. Am still bit confused about the leaf shape. Better we don't confirm it unless we get a picture of leafy branch in which you can zoom in single leaf and see the petiole and nerves and a lateral shot of inflorescence when you see the plant in bloom. Do make sure that you are not missing out characters and not just pictures of flower, leaf etc. You may please refer some pictorial guide such as Flowers of Sahyadri and Some Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats. May be Shrikant Ingalhalikar would be able to give us some tips on the same.
Regards, Giby On 31 May 2010 19:15, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately this is all the pics I have, I posted it only due to the > yellow berries. The petiole was very short perhaps 1cm, flowers almost > sessile. Both are small trees. This tree can be easily mistaken for M. > umbellatum but for the yellow berries. If I am not mistaken only M. > talbotianum has berry globose yellow. > > regards, > Rashida. > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Smilax004 <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Rashida, >> >> Would you please give more details such whether the leaves are >> petioled or sessile (not clear from the picture, out of focus, please >> take a picture of a single branch held parallel to your lens). Please >> tell whether the flower/inflorescence is pedicellate or not (The >> flower picture is out of focus details are not available). Please give >> other details in the format we follow in this forum. I need basically >> the approximate size of the plant and leaves. >> >> I too have a guess that this is M.talbotianum. But to validate we >> should get a more clear picture and details. >> >> Regards >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 31, 4:14 pm, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Memeycelon sp. evergreen tree seen scantily flowering at some places >> and >> > profusely fruiting at some places at Kulgi, Anashi WLS, Karnataka, last >> week >> > of April, '10. The berries are green and than turning yellow indicative >> of >> > Memycelon talbotianum. Kindly validate. >> > >> > regards, >> > Rashida. >> > >> > Memycelon sp. flowers.JPG >> > 194KViewDownload >> > >> > Memycelon sp fruiting.JPG >> > 125KViewDownload >> > >> > Memycelon sp fruits2.JPG >> > 143KViewDownload >> > >> > Memycelon sp leaves 3.JPG >> > 180KViewDownload >> > >> > Memycelon sp leaves 4.JPG >> > 186KViewDownload >> > >> > Memycelon sp fruiting full tree.JPG >> > 172KViewDownload >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
