Thanks Saroj ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Mon 19 Aug, 2019, 4:17 PM Saroj Kasaju, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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