Giby ji as per Dr. Almeida's flora M. umbellatum has Berry globose, 6 mm, purplish black.
regards, Rashida. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > 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.
