Dear Friends I wrote to Pradip Krishen (author of Trees of Delhi and whose book Jungle Trees of Central India will be launched soon). His reply is interesting. This is what he wrote:
"not sure I can help in identifying your jamun pix down to a specific sub-type. They look like good old Syzigium cumini to me, and I am painfully aware that some solid taxonomic work remains to be done to sort out the various types of jamuns one finds in the field. As things stand, the species is a bit of an umbrella species covering a multitude of forms and sub-types. There are distinct differences in fruit size, phenology and even leaf and bark. Botanists hide behind the phrase "polymorphic species" but I'm pretty sure this is just laziness or lack of clarity. But until some definitive work on the jamuns happens, we're just going to have to remain satisfied with the gross character of a single species... Hope this helps!" Dev On 27 August 2010 09:06, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > * > > Resurfacing again for Id confirmation > > Earlier feedback: > > > > Tanay.....................................................................“I > think > this is Syzigium nervosum indeed please consult with the description from > Eflora of China > Neil ji.................................................................... > > “Nice photographs of Syzygium alternans locally called Pan Jhambul / > Bhedas. The fruit on my trees are also ripe now. These trees generally grow > on the banks of rivers or streams. Sending you some of my photographs. > > > > Dev > ji.....................................................................“In > his book TREES OF DELHI the author Pradip Krishen writes this about Rai > Jamun i.e., Syzigium Nervosum: "It may come as a surprise that most of the > lovely trees on both sides of Rajpath are not jamuns but a closely allied > relative known as 'rai jamun.'" Would be interesting to know if the > species in JNU is Syzigium nervosum or Syzigium alternans > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > * > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dev Kumar <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:53 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:40089] Species Id: 02-07-2010-DKV 1 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Mhow, Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh - 453441 > > Tree seen in the campus of the Veterinary College. > > Would this be the Rai Jamun? (Syzigium nervosum)? > > - Dev > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > >
