Dear Dr.Neil and all, This tree (with glands) belongs to the variety 2: bellirica (as belerica) of C.B.Clarke (in Hooker's FBI). This is what Roxburgh described as T. belerica based ONLY on the presence of two glands. He named the most common non-glandular form as a different species namely T. eglandulosa and later renamed as T. moluccana, which is now synonymous to C.B.Clarke's Terminalia bellirica var. typica.
The number and position of the glands seem to be variable as we can see from these pictures. Some have two pairs of glands, one at the base of leaf-blade and the other on the petiole. In some the glands located at the middle and in some near tip of the petiole. These glands are somewhat inconspicuous when compare to that of other species. I don't know if the glands persist or disappear when the leaves mature. At any case, this is really interesting. If we find some solid differences, then the previous status can be reinstated! Thank you Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 7:02 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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. 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