... oh yes Neil ji ... my misinterpretation. Checking for a close species *Flueggia virosa* may help. (*F. virosa *available in the group's archive) Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Satish Phadke > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:78872] Flueggea leucopyrus > To: "Balkar Arya" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Cc: "indiantreepix" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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 > > > >

