Thanks a lot Pankaj ji I hope members would concentrate to solve puzzle of types based on glands in India. It would be real job because internet is full of inconsistent information.
-- 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: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Superb Research Gurcharan ji. Thanks. > > The Traditional Healers of India divide Terminalia chebula fruits in over > 30 different types based on type of fruit including Abhya, Chetki etc. > > Similarly on the basis of fruit types Bahera i.e. Terminalia bellirica is > also having tens of types. These types are not mentioned in Taxonomic > literature, so far. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Satish ji >> Your note above prompted me to check some literature, and first thing I >> discovered what you wrote. In Flora of China it is clearly written and >> illustrated that unlike other species whether glands are generally present >> at the tip of petiole (or say base of leaf blade) in T. bellirica the two >> glands are present at about the middle of petiole. >> >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=94420&flora_id=2 >> >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200014745 >> >> Now coming to the presence of the species in India, The Flora of British >> India differentiates two varieties (rather three of which we ignore one >> right now). >> >> var: typica (syn: T. eglandulosa) No glands at the apex of petiole >> var. belerica, two glands at apex of the petiole beneath the leaf >> >> unfortunately no mention is made about the places of distribution of two >> varieties. >> >> Faced with this confusion I rushed to the Herbal Garden in Punjabi Bagh >> (6 km away) and a garden in our area whether this tree grows, and found >> that there is no trace of any glands any where on the petiole in our area. >> >> We should as such be looking at three variants (whether they have any >> taxonomic status or not be ignored) >> >> 1. The common Indian form with no glands at all >> 2. The form with two glands at the tip of petiole as mentioned in FBI >> 3. The form with two glands in the middle of petiole as mentioned in >> Flora of China. It would be interesting to know if this form grows in India >> also. >> >> I also read an old article from Transanctions of Linnaean Society Vol. >> 17, 1837, a commentary by Hamilton, in which two forms of Bahara (perhaps >> meaning Baheda) (T. bellirica) are recognised: Greater bahara or Bahara >> major with larger fruits and Smaller bahara or Bahara minor with smaller >> fruits, described from Duriapur and Domdoho, respectively (wonder what are >> these places). >> >> >> http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KBwhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=Glands+in+Terminalia+bellirica&source=bl&ots=NFhrgPXI1H&sig=BGIsCB4D-xBKR714AC75LG4cBIg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1oyST-vCEI3irAeKoL3rBA&sqi=2&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Glands%20in%20Terminalia%20bellirica&f=false >> >> Perhaps some one can throw some more light on this important medicinal >> plant of India. >> >> >> -- >> 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: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Yesterday I happen to attend a slideshow/presentation where a >>> botanist(Not active on Net) showed a series of Terminalia leaves from >>> different species. She had tried to document the differences and >>> characteristics of glands indifferent individual species. What I learnt was >>> T. bellerica often has glands which are not at the base of the leaves but >>> in the petiole itself which appears slightly swollen midway in its length. >>> It stimulated my curiosity which made me write yesterday's request to >>> Surajit.This is something different than what Neil ji's observations. When >>> I checked elsewhere in whatever data available to me what I got is No >>> glands in T. bellerica. I will check with her again and if possible will >>> try to collect those pictures for opinion. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Vijayasankar Raman (Google Docs) < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> [image: Document] I've shared Terminalia bellirica page from >>>> FPB<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpgVclesA4TroBoOy1jaCFx6vq3Y9C5xAfAIRx_gEBA/edit> >>>> Click to open: >>>> >>>> - Terminalia bellirica page from >>>> FPB<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpgVclesA4TroBoOy1jaCFx6vq3Y9C5xAfAIRx_gEBA/edit> >>>> >>>> >>>> Terminalia belli(e)rica page from Cooke’s Flora of Presidency of >>>> Bombay_Vol. 1 >>>> >>>> (line 8 in the description para). >>>> >>>> >>>> Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, >>>> spreadsheets and presentations. >>>> [image: Logo for Google Docs] <https://docs.google.com> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >> >> >> >> > -- 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: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
