Sorry, I missed upper right hand side plant (No. 4149) in above sheet. Any how it does not have retuse leaves. So to my mind M. kauki is still the best match.
-- 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/ On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to be carried away by this specimen of M. kauki from Wallich's > Catalogue. It has been clearly written on page 449 of volume 3 of Flora of > British India that plant appearing as M. kauki is actually M. hexandra. > Wallich had in fact mixed up the two species. > As per the information available on the net and link provided by Yazdi ji > our plant above should be M. kauki: perhaps the only species among the above > discussed with leaves clustered towards apex of branch and white-tomentose > lower leaf side (this is more important). > > -- > > 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/ > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nothing could be as good as a TYPE I assume. Here it is. >> Manilkara kauki, Wallich 4149, K (Upper right hand side plant) >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > My apologies I forgot the link. >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.google.co.in/images?q=Manilkara+kauki+pictures&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en___IN364&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=b_zITOy_LpHIuAO4qICWCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQsAQwAA&biw=1358&bih=510 >> > regards >> > Yazdy. >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> Here are the pictures I could find under Manilkara Kauki. >> >> Hope the experts could apply their mind on it. >> >> Regards >> >> Yazdy. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> This is not Manilkara kauki for sure. The leaf apex is supposed to be >> >>> slightly bilobed, here it is acute. >> >>> Pankaj >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Pankaj >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>> I agree with you Dr. Gurcharan Singh Ji. >> >>>> Regards >> >>>> Yazdy. >> >>>> >> >>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> Please give your opinion in light of the following last post by me >> >>>>> lthough not seen these trees personally, I think two things are >> >>>>> worth focusing. Renee ji's plant has leaves with long petioles and >> >>>>> undersurface of leaves is white. Chrysophyllum cainito has leaves >> with much >> >>>>> smaller petioles and undersurface covered with brownish tomentum. >> Now >> >>>>> comparing the two species of Manilkara, the sapota tree M. sapota >> has again >> >>>>> leaves with much shorter petioles and undersurface is green, whereas >> M. >> >>>>> kauki has distinctly long-petioled leaves white on the undersurface. >> This >> >>>>> fits with the above plant. >> >>>>> 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: renee vyas vyas <[email protected]> >> >>>>> Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:22 AM >> >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:44584] plant from North Goa >> >>>>> To: [email protected] >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Dear Friends, >> >>>>> >> >>>>> This too is for identification....this was a huge tree in Candolium, >> North >> >>>>> Goa. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Regards, >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Renee >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> 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/ >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> *********************************************** >> >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> >>> Research Associate >> >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> >>> Department of Habitat Ecology >> >>> Wildlife Institute of India >> >>> Post Box # 18 >> >>> Dehradun - 248001, India >> >>> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India >> > > > > >
