I think its F. indica On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Joshi Pankaj <[email protected]> wrote:
> need to local flora....we may corr. to Yadav Sir, > ...<[email protected]> > [email protected] <[email protected]>....for further > confirmation. > > *********************************************** > Dr. Pankaj N. Joshi, Programme Coordinator > sahjeevan > 175- Jalaram Society, B/h. Vishwamangal Appt., > Vijay Nagar, Hospital Road > Bhuj-Kutch, Gujarat: 370001 (India) > Phone: 91 2832 251814, Fax: 91 2832 251914, > Mobile: 9426949523 > E-mail: [email protected] > Office E-mail: [email protected] > Website: www.sahjeevan.org > *********************************************** > > --- On *Tue, 16/8/11, J.M. Garg <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77254] Flacourtia species for ID. > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], "Vijayasankar Raman" > <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, 16 August, 2011, 6:35 PM > > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “After reading a lot from older posts and literature I understood some > important points about Flacourtia genus............ > 1) It now belongs to Salicaceae and previously to Flacourtiaceae. > 2) The flowers are without petals. Only sepals > 3) Flowers are unisexual. Fruit is a berry.rather than a capsule as in > Casearia > (My pictures are probably showing only male flowers) > 4) If one sees female flowers one has to look carefully for the stigma and > style to differentiate between the species. > 5) There is a lot of confusion between F.indica and F. latifolia. > 6) Acc. Flora of BSI Mah ; > Styles absent(stigma sessile)...F.latifolia > Styles distinct and conspicuous: > Tomentose young twigs; leaves turning brown on drying .... > F.montana > Glabrous young twigs; Leaves not turning brown .... > F.indica. > 7)Cooke's Flora doesn't mention F.indica. > 8) From Cooke's flora. the size of flower is a good additional > differentiating character. > > Drupe size of a cherry; scarlet when ripe > ...............................................................F. Montana > Drupe size of a plum; purple when > ripe…………………………………………………………………F.cataphracta > Drupe size of a pea; > Stigmas 5-11………………………………………………………………………………………………………….F.Ramontchii > Stigmas 3-4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………F.latifolia > 9) In all the above species the thorns do not bear flowers and fruits.Cooke > mentions about one species > which bears flowers and fruits on thorns as F.sepiaria > Now I have to go to the species and check for female flowers; check for the > young twigs to see whether they are glabrous ortomentose.....hmmmmm > and *also take some leaves for drying to see whether they turn brown.I > think I had kept some twigs for 2 days which dried but did not turn brown. > *Dr Phadke” > > > > “This could be a male plant of *Flacourtia ramontchi*. > We have discussed this earlier also, I think. *Again there is difference > of opinion about its synonymy with F. indica*. > Regards > Vijayasankar Raman” > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Satish Phadke* > <[email protected]<http://in.mc1200.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: 23 January 2011 14:52 > Subject: [efloraofindia:60966] Flacourtia species for ID. > To: indiantreepix > <[email protected]<http://in.mc1200.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > I think this is* Flacourtia latifolia* T.Cooke. Please validate. > A small tree flowering presently (23 Jan 2010) on Vetal Tekdi Pune. > Armed with sharp spines. Leaves ovate, obovate alternate with serrate > margins red petiole. > Flowers yellow with many stamens. No styles or stigmas visible. Size 0.5 cm > or so. in small racemes. > Dr Phadke > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > ([email protected]<http://in.mc1200.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1680 members & > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 5000 species) > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
