Surajit ji ... that is an interesting catch; which perhaps will have some justification. One possible reasoning is -- the epithet is derived from the Malayalam name for the plant ഒതളം (*othallam*). Regards. Dinesh
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:40 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh Ji, > > In one of my earlier post i have been informed, " ....gender of the > specific epithet should follow the gender of the generic name... ", this > plant, *Cerbera odollam,* seems to be not following the ICBN guideline! > > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for the ID. >> ... need to handle this fruit with care. Contains poison ... >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerbera_odollam >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Vijayasankar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Surajit ji, it looks like *Cerbera odollam* (Apocynaceae). >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:23 AM, surajit koley < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sir, >>>> >>>> My colleague, Mr. Arnab Banerji, took this fruit from his mother to >>>> show me and confirm its ID. His mother who visited >>>> Sundarban<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundarbans> last >>>> week collected this fruit there and have been informed that this is a >>>> SUNDARI (Bengali) fruit. >>>> >>>> The book, "Plant Groups", informs SUNDARI tree is *Heritiera minor* Roxb., >>>> while 'The Plant List' informs it is *Heritiera minor* (Gaertn.) >>>> Roxb<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2846324>. >>>> which in turn is a synonym of *Heritiera fomes* >>>> Buch.-Ham<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2846309> >>>> . >>>> >>>> A description of the above is available at - >>>> http://www.biosearch.in/publicOrganismPage.php?id=113614 >>>> >>>> I attach three views of the same fruit, which is compressed like a >>>> "litti" <http://nishamadhulika.com/files/Litti_Chokha_469434668.jpg>, >>>> but one face is slightly convex while the opposite face is a bit concave at >>>> the middle ridge. The third view is a side view. >>>> >>>> Is this *Heritiera fomes* Buch.-Ham. fruit? >>>> >>>> Species : UNKNOWN >>>> Habit & Habitat : Mangrove tree >>>> Date : collected on 7/9/12, photographed on 11/9/12 >>>> Place : West Bengal >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> surajit >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > --
