Additional Nepali name : चटलांग Chatalaang Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 5:28 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > In fact, these two species appears to be quite close as per description > from Flora of China: > *Smilax ovalifolia* Roxburgh > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001594> > (*Forests; > near sea level to 1500 m*): > Vines climbing, large. Stem branched, to 10 m, woody; branches smooth or > sparsely prickly. *Petiole 1.6--3 cm,* *narrowly winged for 1/2--2/3 its > length; *abscission zone subapical; *tendrils well developed. Leaf blade > ovate to suborbicular*, 12--23(--26) × 8--14(--20) cm, main veins 7. > *Inflorescence > of (1 or)2 or 3 umbels, 1.5--4 cm, basally prophyllate*; peduncle 1.3--3 > cm, proximally articulate when inflorescence of 1 umbel; *umbels of both > sexes 12--40-flowered*, base thickened. Male flowers: outer tepals 5--6 × > ca. 1.5 mm, inner ones much narrower. Female flowers: tepals slightly > smaller than male ones; staminodes 3. B*erries dark red, > ellipsoid-globose,* 0.9--1.2 cm in diam. > > *Smilax ferox* Wallich ex Kunth > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027916> (*Dense > forests, thickets, shaded slopes; 1000--2900 m*): > Vines climbing. Stem branched, terete, woody, usually sparsely prickly. > *Petiole > 4--7(--13) mm,* *winged for 2/3 to nearly all its length; wings 1.5--2.5 > mm wide; *abscission zone distal; *tendrils only occasionally developed > on old stem or branches*. *Leaf blade abaxially often glaucous, oblong to > oblong-lanceolate, *3.5--9(--12) × 1.5--3.5(--6) cm, papery to leathery. > *Inflorescence > borne in axil of young leaf, of 1 umbel, basally not prophyllate;* > peduncle 1--1.6(--2.5) cm; *umbels of both sexes 4--11-flowered*, usually > ± racemose due to elongate base, base thickened, 2--5 × 1--2 mm. Male > flowers: tepals pale yellow, 3--4.5 × 1.5--2 mm; filaments 1.5--2 mm. > Female flowers: tepals slightly smaller than male ones; staminodes 6. *Berries > red, globose*, 8--10 mm in diam. Fl. Apr--May, fr. Oct--Dec. > > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 16:45, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Saroj ji, for the id. >> To me also appears close to *Smilax ferox* as per description in Flora >> of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027916> >> and as per >> FOC illustration >> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=60840&flora_id=2> >> GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/species/5295764> (high resolution specimens) >> POWO >> <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:541438-1> >> tracuuduoclieu <http://tracuuduoclieu.vn/smilax-ferox-wall-ex-kunth.html> >> (images) >> zhiwutong <http://www.zhiwutong.com/tu_page/32/e26071.htm> (images) >> Alamy <https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-smilax-ferox-141123785.html> >> (image) gardenbreizh >> <http://gardenbreizh.org/photos/mf/photo-153240.html> (image) >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 11:39 >> Subject: SK2061 20 July 2019 >> To: efloraindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> Location: Kathmandu >> Date: 3 July 2019 >> Elevation: 2332 m. >> Habit : Wild >> >> Leaves are bunched together unlike other Smilax >> and fruit bears protuberance like spike. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the >> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 >> images of which more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise). 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