My pleasure ! Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:25 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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