Hi Dinesh, There seems to be some ambiguity here. What I meant was.... if Dr.Balkar's and mine are both female flowers then there seems to be a major size difference between the two. Regards, Neil.
--- On Wed, 8/31/11, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:78883] Flueggea leucopyrus To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "Balkar Arya" <[email protected]>, "Satish Phadke" <[email protected]>, "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 1:47 PM ... being dioecious shrub, thus separate: male and female plants. Satish ji's photo shows male plant ... Balkar ji's and Neil ji's, female plants. Please correct me if wrong. Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Dr.Balkar's shrub definitely looks like Securinega leucopyrus [Fluggea leucopyrus], but if what Dr.Satish postulates is right, then his [female] flowers are much smaller than mine [photograph 3]. Sending a few of my photographs. With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 8/31/11, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:78872] Flueggea leucopyrus To: "Balkar Arya" <[email protected]> Cc: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 12:38 PM Are you sure it is the same species. The flowers look quite different. On second thought it seems that the flowers in my pictures are mostly male while in yours mostly female showing the stigmas and the ovaries below them. Please share your thoughts. Dr Phadke On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: I am attaching my pics of Flueggea leucopyrus Shot from Madlouda Panipat wher this plant was growing wild in roadside area. With height of about 7-8 feet it was a spreading shrub. Pls validate On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: Flueggea leucopyrus Syn. Securinega leucopyrus. Family : Phyllanthaceae...Earlier Euphorbiaceae. This shrub is very common on Vetal tekdi and surrounding areas Pune. Many a times white fruits are observed but flowers are elusive. Yesterday I found many shrubs in the area with profuse flowering. Most of the flowers visible in my picture appear to be male flowers. In earlier thread in Dinesh ji's pictures few female flowers can be observed. Dr Phadke Satish -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
