Let's visit KEW page - http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601415-1
Thank you. Best regards, Surajit Koley On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 12:18, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: > My first question is - why the book "Bengal Plants" by Sir David Prain, > published in 1903, didn't enlist *Syzygium samarangense* in any > synonymous form? > Two decades later, in 1925, Dr. Haines, in his "Botany of Bihar and > Orissa" listed one - *Eugenia javanica* Lamk., syn. *E. alba* Roxb.; > JAMRUL, Beng. And he noted, " Cultivated only in the southern moisture > districts, e.g. Cuttack, Fl. April, Fr. May, Native of Malacca." > > So, who is this apparently lesser known stranger *E. javanica* Lamk.? > "The Plant List" says it is *Syzygium samarangense* - > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-75559! > "KEW" says it is *Syzygium aqueum* - > http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:594758-1 > ! > > !!!!! Confusion confusion confusion !!!!! > > A 2015 paper on revision of *Syzygium ....., *(NOT an Indian Paper) > relates *E. javanica* Lam. with *S. aqueum* (Burm. f.) Alston. > > My second question is - why should our JAMRUL be tagged with *Syzygium > samarangense*??? The ground is, as per eFI - > > Key characteristics: Trunk short, crooked, often branching from base; > crown irregular; leaves opposite; flowers yellow-white; > ... *aqueum*: 5–15 mm long leafstalk and 5–7mm long calyx, small fruits; > ... *samarangense*: 3– 5mm long leaf stalk, 15mm long calyx and larger > fruit; aromatic > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/myrtaceae/syzygium/syzygium-samarangense > > !!!!! Confusion confusion confusion !!!!! > > What the paper says? > *Leaf subsessile, petiole ≤ 2 mm long; leaf base cordate; hypanthium apex > abruptly constricted to pseudostalk;* > *fruit turbinate (in vivo) .......... S. aqueum (Burm. f.) Alston* > > *Leaf petiolate, petiole > 2 mm long; leaf base cuneate, rounded or > slightly cordate; hypanthium gradually constricted to pseudostalk; fruit > pyriform to subglobose (in vivo) ................. S. samarangense (Blume) > Merr. & L.M.Perry* > > And the paper also notes, ".... *S. samarangense* and *S. aqueum* are > widely cultivated in the tropics ranging from India through ....... This > is further complicated by some overlapping vegetative characters between > the two species ......." > > Thank you. > Best regards, > Surajit Koley > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAMV_mc0Mm38KA1R6z617G-wmLpUZqENr0TFQYgmAJxo1O9maUw%40mail.gmail.com.
