Thanks Muthu ji. Brandis has mentioned for this plant -pg 570 : as " bark greenish -gray, peeling off in *conchoid scales, * wood red, hard, med. rays broad, conspicuous on a vertical section". So the natural fracturing in the wood, bark would lead some sort of scales looking like scallop shell?!!
regards, Rashida. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Rashidaji, > *con·choi·dal*: Denoting a type of fracture in a solid (such as flint or > quartz) that results in a smooth rounded surface resembling the shape of a > scallop shell. > > Dear Sathishji, > Did you checked with *Phyllanthus indofischeri* Bennet? It differs in size > of leaf and no. of pairs in a rachis and fruit (wild) size. > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks Rashida ji >> This is what I liked. Finding out some characters from the photographs. >> As non botanists I am not conversant with handling herbarium >> specimens.Photographing can find at least some.... >> Dr Phadke >> >> >> On 14 March 2011 21:04, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> If the pictures are so good, keep them coming Satish ji , thanks. These >>> are also complementary to the wonderful ones uploaded by Dr. Gurcharan ji >>> last week. Here the fimbriate bracts at the base of flowers are clearly >>> seen and the distichous sub-sessile leaves. The bark peels off in >>> conchoidal flakes ! (Can someone Please explain what exactly is the meaning >>> of conchoidal ?). >>> >>> Amlas are great to have in the field, dried, salted and sweetend ones.!! >>> Family now is *Phyllanthaceae : Phyllanthus emblica L.* >>> >>> regards, >>> Rashida. >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Really nice photographs, Satish ji >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Phyllanthus emblica* >>>>> Though the EUPHORBIACEAE WEEK is over I couldn't resist posting the >>>>> good specimen of flowers which I observed yesterday in Smruti Udyan Pune. >>>>> Dr Phadke >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > >
