There are many members of this family which are medicinal but this is hybrid n never heard of it being traded for anything!!
On Friday, September 21, 2012, ushadi Micromini wrote: > some variation of ming? > > leaves are more broad then long... > please lets do some differential... > > http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/05/23/3667.jpg > there is some variation to the leaf ...granted, look at toptropical ( I > seem to trust them) pics... but there the leaf is longer than its broad... > > I still think this in not the classically traded ming aralia... In my > lifetime I have owned and cultivated and given away rooted stock in the > hundreds... on two different continents..... > > if there is an academic paper or two describing the WIDE variation in leaf > and habit... I would certainly like to know and get them. > > Thanks, Pankaj. > Usha di > > > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > > wrote: > >> Yes, Polyscias fruticosa from Araliaceae >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Thursday, 20 September 2012 14:41:10 UTC+8, Aarti S. Khale wrote: >>> >>> Another ornamental, cultivated, potted plant seen at the Flower Show in >>> Mumbai on 19/2/11. >>> Usha di, marking a copy to you to see if one of these is 'Ming Aralia' >>> that you has mentioned in my other post. >>> Regards, >>> Aarti >>> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- *********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. Conservation Officer Office: Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194* * * * * --
