Climber in Primulaceae sounds interesting to me sir. Embelia belongs to Myrsinaceae now, but no idea about the ID. Pankaj
On Jan 10, 9:13 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Mr.Ingalhalikar for the lead. The climber hasn't grown much but am > sending a more recent photograph taken in November 2011. > A photograph of this plant in S.R.Yadav & M.M.Sardesai's 'Flora of > Kholapur District' makes for a favourable comparison. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On Tue, 1/10/12, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:103579] Please identify this climber - NS > 300811 > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 4:22 PM > > This should be Embelia drupacea (Dennst.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida of > Primulaceae. Pls confirm if the petioles are chanelled or post a > recent picture of the climber. The local name is Ambat and is a > favourite of Ratufa. Regards, Shrikant > > On Jan 10, 2:25 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Resurfacing again for ID > > > -- > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:36 PM > > Subject: [efloraofindia:78842] Please identify this climber - NS 300811 > > To: [email protected] > > > Hi, > > Please identify this climber. Have grown it from seeds collected near the > > lake at Mahabaleshwar. Unfortunately don't have too much information to > > volunteer except to state that the climber grew in a thicket overhanging > > the road. It had red to purplish berries about 1/2 a cm in size which was > > relished by a pair of Malabar Giant Squirrels so much so that they > > continued feasting on the berries undeterred by our presence right beneath > > them. > > Sending a few photographs. > > Thanks, > > With regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > Unidentified Climber sapling.jpg > > 98KViewDownload > > > Malabar Giant Squirrel,Ratufa indica elphinstonii 1.jpg > > 116KViewDownload > > > Malabar Giant Squirrel,Ratufa indica elphinstonii 2.jpg > > 153KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > Mahabaleshwar climber & a Damsel Fly.jpg > 108KViewDownload
