A reply in another mail: "I just glanced through the message posted by Dr. Rajaraman on Capparis sps. It has been identified by many members of the group as C.rheedii and supposed to be endemic to western ghats. If this plant is endemic to the w.ghats it should have been included in the Gamble Flora of Madras Presidency, which includes plants from Western ghats as well, either in the same name or as a synonym. But I donot find any such plant name in the Gamble flora. Furthermore, the experts who have identified it as C.rheedii have not given the synonyms, not found even in the flowers of India. *The limited descriptions provided by Dr Rajaraman, when checked, roughly tallies with Capparis brevispina described in Gamble flora. But this is not a confirmation as the full description of the plant is not available. *Looking forward for further comments by the experts as to (a) why C.rheedii is not mentioned in the Gamble flora or (b) Whether C. brevispina has been identified as C.rheedii or (c) C.rheedii is a new inlcusion to Capparis group Dr. Mahadeswara swamy"
On 19 October 2010 17:19, Anantanarayan Rajaram <[email protected]>wrote: > Date/Time- latter half of the year > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Nanmangalam reserve forest-dry,evergreen > ,thorn - near Chennai city > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- shrub > > Height/Length- 4-5 ft > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- > > Inflorescence Type/ Size- about 7cm width total > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- > > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- fruits 4-6 cm and more when split open. > > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- > > From Flowers of India.net the flower seems to fit the description for Capparis > rheedi but it is mentioned there that C. rheedi is endemic to Western > Ghats. The fruit is as shown and birds were found to feed on it ( tastes > sweet like custard apple and packing is similar). Experts' comments sought. > Thanks > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' 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): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1400 members & 50,000 messages on 10/10/10 & with a database of around 4100 species on 31/8/10)
