Thanks Saroj ji, for the Nepali names of the plant. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 5:18 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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