Neil ji, yes, the chanelled petiole and nerves merging along margin confirm the ID. Your Ratfa pictures did not show fruits but you say they tally with the picture in Flora of Kolhapur. The climber would be flowering now at M'shwar. Pankaj ji Embelia is in Primulaceae as per 'The Plant List', I know it belonged to Myrsinaceae. Regards, Shrikant
On Jan 10, 6:22 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
