Taffazul ji Celtis australis Linn. which was once considered to be widely distributed and reported from India also in FBI and Brandis is now considered distributed in mostly Europe, and as such C. australis of Indian Authors incl FBI, Brandis i.e. Auct. (Non Linn.) distributed in Himalayas, Pakistan, Afhanistan etc. is correctly C. caucasica Willd.
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 6:18:29 PM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com wrote: > Gurcharan Ji in the list of Kashmiri names posted on this site has > identified *Brimij *as *Celtis caucasica.* > So I would take this plant to be *C.caucasica.* > I could not locate a photo of the flower of* C.caucasica *on the net by > google search. > I hope the photo of flowers posted by me will be useful in this regard. > Regards > Taffazull > > On Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 4:07:05 PM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com wrote: > >> One more photo showing about 1cm long stipules and petioles of same length >> >> On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 4:51:51 PM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Photo of flower of *C.Australis* from illustration in Public Domain >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8509 for comparison. >>> >>> On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 9:58:51 AM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Some photos of leaves >>>> >>>> On Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 11:13:46 PM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Garg ji, >>>>> In my plant flowers are perfect(the male and female flowers are not >>>>> separate). Also the leaves are serrated almost to the base as in >>>>> C.Australis. A look at the photos will make it clear.I think those who >>>>> identified it as C.australis did it on the basis of the leaves. >>>>> It is interesting that Marathi name Bramuj is very similar to the >>>>> Kàshmiri name Bramij. Celtis genus is an interesting genus and some >>>>> scholars have identified Lotos tree of greek mythology made famous by >>>>> Tennyson as Celtis australis. >>>>> In Kashmir Brimij is planted in graveyards and shrines attesting to >>>>> some now forgotten mythology.associated with the tree. >>>>> Regards >>>>> Taffazull >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 3:15:54 PM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Pl. see >>>>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2014/04/09/celtis-tetrandra/ >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 11:20, taffa...@gmail.com <taffa...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Just to clarify that photos of flowers were taken in March 2023 and >>>>>>> not April 2023 >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 7:11:57 PM UTC+5:30 >>>>>>> taffa...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dear members, >>>>>>>> Am posting photos of a tree which has been identified as *Celtis >>>>>>>> australis* previously but I think the ID is not correct as it has >>>>>>>> green stamens (see photo) while *C.australis* has yellow stamens. >>>>>>>> It is called *Brimij* in Kashmiri and is often planted in >>>>>>>> graveyards. Its wood was used in olden days for making yokes of >>>>>>>> ploughs as >>>>>>>> it is soft and cool (Lawrence). >>>>>>>> Please help ID the correct species. >>>>>>>> The photo of tree was taken in Nov23. The photos of flowers were >>>>>>>> taken in April 23 (it flowers before the leaves appear.). The photo of >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> leaf was taken in April 2024 . All photos under CC licence >>>>>>>> (Attribution >>>>>>>> only) >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> Taffazull >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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 indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5df4abce-3127-4695-a881-642d6919931fn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5df4abce-3127-4695-a881-642d6919931fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>> >>>>> -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/9e16e1e9-186d-44f5-8879-da7ebf940aadn%40googlegroups.com.
