Prasad ji, beautiful tree and seeds. I have seen the trees in Kerala. Regards, Mani Nair
On 10/27/11, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Gurucharan Sir, thanks for correcting me. Yes they are seeds and in a > hurry I wrote the same. > > > Prabhuji *Cycas circinalis* is endemic to Western Ghats where as Cycas > sphaerica only found in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa (Eastern Ghats). Basically > these two species are distinguished from each other with respect to their > female cone. > > > I think there is not much difference in both the plants in terms of > morphological characters. But one of the major differences is the > megasporophyll teeth which is 4 mm in Cycas circinalis while it is at least > 6 mm in *Cycas sphaerica*. However my plant (posted here) is having > following characters > > > Stems arborescent, leaves bright green, 160-280 cm long. Petiole 45-60 cm > long, glabrous, spine scent for 90% of length; Cataphylls narrowly > triangular, soft, Seeds subglobose, 25 mm long; sarcotesta yellow; fibrous > layer present; sclerotesta smooth. > > > Now we can compare with *Cycas circinalis* > > * > * > > Dear Prabhuji since you are in* *Centre for Medicinal Plant Research, i > think you might be aware of ongoing threat to this threatened medicinal and > wild edible plant in Eastern Ghats. > > > Another important use of this plant is the people consumed the leaves of > this plant as green vegitables. So you can imagine how severely this plant > is been harvested for different purposes. > > * > * > > Regards > > > Prasad > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Prabhu kumar KM > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Dear Prasadji, >> How we can differenciate this species from *Cycas circinalis >> -- >> Prabhu Kumar K M* >> Scientist >> Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division >> Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (CMPR) >> & 'CMPR' Herbarium >> Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala >> Kottakkal, Malappuram >> *E-mail: [email protected]* >> >> > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 >
