I too have got the same plant and still remain unidentified.
Regards Giby On 29 December 2012 21:50, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > Sir, > > Though this plant in this thread looks like straggling shrub, i think, the > main trunk might have been cut by someone. I found another one which was a > small tree. > > FoC <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119552>and > FoP <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=119552>inform > that leaves of > *Mallotus* are "alternate or opposite". and also in the pdf found at - > https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/12383/Kulju_thesis_4_Cp3.pdf?sequence=12 > . > > Thank you very much, > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Giby Kuriakose > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It is neither Trewia nor Mallotus tetracoccus. >> I think this is a straggling species. I think it could be a species of >> Crotton >> >> Regards >> Giby >> >> >> >> On 29 December 2012 14:28, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A reply: >>> "I think I am mistaken, >>> after detailed studies, I find that the leaves in Trevia are opposite >>> whereas the leaves here are stated to be alternate. Please allow me one or >>> two days for further confirmation. It might be a species of Mallotus. >>> Wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year. >>> TC." >>> >>> >>> On 29 December 2012 13:22, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> A reply: >>>> "Yes, >>>> It is Trevia nudiflora, perhaps var. nudiflora. Fl. Malesiana people >>>> reduced it to Mallotus. The references are as follows: >>>> >>>> *Trevia nudiflora* L., Sp. Pl. 1193. 1753; Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. >>>> 15(2): 953. 1866; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 423. 1887. *Mallotus >>>> nudiflorus* (L.) Kulju & Welzen, Blumea 52: 124. 2007." from Tapas >>>> Chakrabarty ji. >>>> >>>> On 28 December 2012 21:41, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>>>> >>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>>> >>>>> Thank you Sir, this is a tree, found another one, about 20 ft >>>>> high. >>>>> Regards, >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> Surajit Ji. This is a member of Euphorbiaceae (Flowers are yet to >>>>> open). I think once temperature increase they will start flowering.Please >>>>> check Trewia? >>>>> Regards >>>>> Prasad >>>>> >>>>> Thank you very much Prasad Ji, >>>>> This seems to be *Mallotus tetracoccus* (Roxb.) Kurz as in - >>>>> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109915&flora_id=2and >>>>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242331439 >>>>> Attaching new pictures, recorded today. >>>>> Regards, >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> efi site link: >>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/e/euphorbiaceae/mallotus/mallotus-tetracoccus >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: 14 December 2012 21:49 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:140578] tree or shrub from Hooghly 14/12/12 sk >>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sir, >>>>> >>>>> Found this tree or shrub beside a road in a dense thicket, it was not >>>>> possible to ascertain if it was a tree or not. >>>>> >>>>> Species : UNKNOWN >>>>> H & H : tree or shrub, leaves alternate, one or two branches bear spine >>>>> Date : 14/12/12, 1.30 p.m. >>>>> Place : Hooghly >>>>> >>>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>>> >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand >>>>> species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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You can also use >>>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members >>>> & 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>>> of more than 7500 species). >>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>> India'. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members >>> & 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 7500 species). >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD >> Assistant Professor >> PG and Research Department of Botany >> Sacred Heart College >> Thevara >> Kochi- 682 013 >> Kerala, India >> Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) >> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >> > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Assistant Professor PG and Research Department of Botany Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi- 682 013 Kerala, India Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby --

