Yes Neil ji I realized that only after sending the mail, because all these days we had been discussing T. bellirica It was good though, because in the end I had suggested T. chebula independently. Any way I clarified in next mail.
-- 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 Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > My apologies. Please read Terminalia chebulia as Terminalia chebula. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Fri, 4/27/12, Neil Soares <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:114782] gland or no gland on Terminalia > chebula from Hooghly > To: "surajit koley" <[email protected]>, "Gurcharan Singh" < > [email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, April 27, 2012, 8:34 AM > > > Hi Prof. Singh, > Think you may have missed the title 'Terminalia chebulia'. All the > photographs are of Hirda [T.chebulia]. The petiolar glands are clearly > visible in photographs 2 & 3, albeit not very prominent. Sending a few of > my photographs in which the glands a little more evident [photographs 1 & > 4]. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Fri, 4/27/12, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:114774] gland or no gland on Terminalia > chebula from Hooghly > To: "surajit koley" <[email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:16 AM > > Surajit ji > I wonder, you may not have mixed up more than one tree. Your first > photograph does look like Terminalia (853), but others taken at diiferent > times have (2578, 79, 82, 86) look different to me. Terminalis bellirica > has leaves clustered at tips of branches, they are mostly broader, obovate > to broadly elliptic with mucronate tip. Your photographs show leaves > distinctly narrowed at tip (acute to acuminate) and lateral veins 10-12 > pairs, whereas they should be 6-8 pairs in Terminalia bellirica. The tree > is often confused with Mahua (Madhuca latifolia) in which leaves are > pointed at tip, leaves with 10 or more pairs of veins. Please recheck your > trees. > > Your first photograph (and in that case others also if from same tree) I > speculate may belong to T. chebula > > > -- > 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 Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:12 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Sir, > > Attaching images of what i think is *Terminalia* *chebula*. But where are > the petiolar glands? > > Species : *Terminalia* *chebula* ??? > Habit & Habitat : tree, roadside plantation > Date : 21-03-12 (inflorescence), 26-04-12 (closeup of leaves) > Place : Hooghly, WB > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley > > > > >
