One point goes against this plant to be *Leea robusta* Roxb. - as per Haines *L. robusta* has leaflets with about 11-13 pair of secondary nerves above the 5-7 nerved base. In these leaflets I can see only upto 10 pairs of sec. nerves.
It is also to be noted that FoC thinks *L. robusta* Roxb. <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242328701> is synonymous with *L. macrophylla* Roxb. ex Hornem. The number of secondary nerves of this species tally with *Leea aequata* L. As per Haines leaflets of *L. aequata* L. somewhat resemble with those of *L. sambucina* (*Leea indica* (Burm. f.) Merr.). That is why another post I submitted earlier, identified as *L. indica*, is actually a *L. aequata* L. As per "Bengal Plants" *L. indica* is not found in central Bengal. Leaflets of *L. aequata* L. are acuminate or caudate-acuminate, which can be seen in my earlier uploads. In this plant, leaflets are not acuminate. Yet it can be *L. aequata* for its terminal rhomboid-lanceolate leaflet. At least number of sec. nerves tallies. Thank you Regards On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 10:59 PM, surajit koley < surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am back with *Leea*! And this time I found out that *L. macrophylla* Hornem. > may have pinnate leaves, as per Haines's observation. Please check the > entry by Haines in his book, BoBO. > > Today I went to Rajhat (near Bandel Rly stn.) Rajhat is known for its > peacock conservation, but I didn't see any! Instead I found a *Leea* in > bamboo thicket. > > I regret that I haven't learnt any lesson (to examine the underside of the > leaflets) from my earlier posts, which are certainly *L. aequata* L. (you > agree or not)- > > 1. > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/indiantreepix/2zAGVeGlkno/pXKUQ21AAvYJ > 2. > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/indiantreepix/n2iG0-D0TAw/nVFoPplDE3EJ > > As per distribution of species in West Bengal this *Leea* in this thread, > a four ft herb (still now) is either 1) *macrophylla* or 2) *aequata* or > 3) *robusta*. > > I think this is not *L. macrophylla*, because all leaves are 2-pinnate. > > The pen used for comparing is 5.75 inch long. > > Comparing the width of the leaflets I think it may be *L. robusta* Roxb. > > Thank you > Regards > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
