Dear All: Very interesting... so are these glands some sort of organelle used while growing/maturing?
what does the histology of a gland in a petiole look like? does anyone have a photo or a bw line drawing? Usha di ======= On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a great investigation Neil ji > Thanks Tiwari ji for your observations. > I could not detect any glands in my Delhi specimens anywhere on petiole, > photographed earlier. I will explore more soon, > > > -- > 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 Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:35 PM, satyendra tiwari <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Neil ji and Gurucharan ji, >> I checked many branches of my tree and none has any glands near the tip >> of petiole. >> I will check other trees too. >> Regards. >> satyendra >> >> >> On 23 April 2012 13:19, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Prof. Singh & Dr. Vijayasankar, >>> Studied 2 sets of leaves from the same tree. Also found that in >>> addition to the glands already featured in my previous mail, there were >>> also black dots [? glands] at the apex of the petioles in some of the >>> leaves. Sending a few photographs to showcase these. >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Mon, 4/23/12, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:114300] Re: Petiolar glands in Terminalia >>> bellirica [Beheda] >>> To: "Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "surajit koley" <[email protected]>, >>> [email protected] >>> Date: Monday, April 23, 2012, 9:50 AM >>> >>> Interesting Neil ji >>> This seems to be supporting what Satish ji and Flora of China report. >>> Perhaps Hooker, etc. were ignoring these glands on petiole and just >>> concentrating on glands at the tip of petiole tip, or they what they called >>> glands on petiole tip would be just these, an interesting thing to >>> investigate. It would be a good exercise if all members concentrate on this >>> aspect, or some really find a Baheda with glands near the tip of petiole. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Vijayasankar >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> This is incredible, Dr. Neil! Thanks for the pictures and your great >>> efforts. >>> You have seen the form (with glands) after Roxburgh and Dr. Almeida in >>> India, I think. >>> I want to tell Hooker, Brandis, Gamble... that this form DOES occur in >>> S.India, and can be seen it in Dr.Neil's garden!!! >>> When you find time, please try to compare this tree (leaf, flower, fruit >>> etc) with the non-glandular one to check if there is any other difference >>> between these two forms. Are the mature leaves in this tree possess glands >>> too? >>> >>> Thanks once again...it's a great learning to me and others... >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 12:20 PM, surajit koley < >>> [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> G R E A T... >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, 22 April 2012 22:17:21 UTC+5:30, Neil wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Was at my property at Shahapur today. Managed to check just the one >>> Beheda tree. Noticed that almost all the leaves had glands on their >>> petioles. Sending a few photographs. >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Satyendra K.Tiwari. >> Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader >> H.NO <http://h.no/> 129, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya. >> M.P. India 484-661 >> Park Entry fee is constantly under revision since last one year. We take >> no responsibility for any changes in park rules / fees. We will endaevour >> to let you know as soon as we know of such changes. >> To know more about Bandhavgarh visit following links. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyendraphotography >> http://tigerdiaries.blogspot.com >> http://skayscamp.wetpaint.com >> SKAY'S CAMP is awarded QUALITY rating by Tour Operator For Tigers (TOFT). >> http://www.toftigers.org/accommodation/Default.aspx?id=15 >> Review Skay's Camp on TripAdvisor >> 00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209 >> >> > > > -- Usha di ===========
