For *Trichosanthes wallichiana* (Seringe) Wight, Flora of China <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022799> gives as below: Male raceme 6-15-flowered at apex; peduncle stout, 10-20(-30) cm, grooved, puberulent; *bracts broadly ovate, 2-3 cm, crenulate, slightly puberulent, multiveined; calyx tube ca. 5 × 1 cm; segments ca. 1.5 × 0.4 cm, entire. *
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 18:01, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Both species are closely related as per flora of Bhutan and Keys in Flora > of Bhutan can be seen at Trichosanthes > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/cucurbitaceae/trichosanthes> > I am reproducing details from it as below: > 7. *T. wallichiana *(Seringe) Wight; T. multiloba Clarke > Leaves suborbicular in outline, *10 - 20 x 10 - 20cm, deeply 3 — 9-lobed, > lobes oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded, margin denticulate or > dentate, *coarsely pubescent above, glands clustered between veins on > lower surface; petioles 3 — 10cm; tendrils 2 — 3-fid. Male peduncles 15 - > 35cm, pubescent, 6 -12—flowered; *bracts broadly ovate, 2.5 - 3cm, base > sheathing, toothed above; calyx tube 5 - 5.5cm, 12- 14mm wide at apex, > teeth 1- 1.5 x 0.5 - O.6cm; *petals obovate, 3 - 4cm; anthers 12 — 13 x > 3mm. Female peduncles 2 - 4cm; ovary oblong. Fruit oblong-ovoid, c 8 x 5cm, > reddish; seeds squarish, 15 - 18mm, 7mm thick. > Bhutan: C - Punakha and Tashigang districts, N - Upper Mo Chu and Upper > Kuru Chu districts; Darjeeling: widespread; Sikkim: Lachen. In mixed rain > forest, 240- 2440m. July - August. > 8. *T. lepiniana *(Naudin) Cogniaux. Nep: Indrenee > Similar to T. wallichiana but *leaves more shallowly 3 — 5-lobed, 13 x > 15cm, *punctate above at first, later densely scaly along veins and with > a few glands in vein axils beneath; tendrils 2 - 3-fid. Male peduncles 15 - > 20cm; *bracts obovate, 4.5 x 3cm, sheathing at base, fimbriate above; > calyx tube 5cm, 5 - 7mm wide at apex, teeth lanceolate, 1.5 x 0.5cm;* petals > obovate, 2 — 3cm, laciniate; female peduncles 1.5 - 3cm. Fruit scarlet, > ovoid, 8 x 6cm; seeds blackish, oblong, 15 x 7 x 2.5mm. > Bhutan: S — Deothang district (Morong), C - Tongsa district (Shamgong) and > Mongar district (Kori La); Darjeeling: Rishap, Darjeeling, Lebong. In warm > mixed forests, 1200- 2l00m. May - August. > *Flowers open at night.* > > Following this and GBIF specimens and no. of lobes, it may turn out to be *T. > wallichiana *(Seringe) Wight. > > On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 16:59, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Pl. also see FOC illustration >> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=119737&flora_id=2> and >> GBIF specimens <https://www.gbif.org/species/3624118> for *T. lepiniana* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776> >> Also see GBIF specimens <https://www.gbif.org/species/3622756> for *T. >> wallichiana* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022799> >> >> On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 16:49, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> While going through Flora of Bhutan, I found that Trichosanthes >>> tricuspidata >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/cucurbitaceae/trichosanthes/trichosanthes-tricuspidata> >>> is >>> not mentioned, while *T. lepiniana* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776> and >>> *T. wallichiana* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022799> are >>> mentioned. >>> Checklist of Nepal >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200022796>, >>> considers *Trichosanthes* *lepiniana* (Naudin) Cogn. >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200022776> as >>> a syn. of *Trichosanthes tricuspidata* Lour. >>> Catalogue of Life considers both as different as per *Trichosanthes >>> lepiniana *(Naudin) Cogn. >>> <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/a8c309cc67e316a3b86c0e24bb5367db> >>> >>> I found the following keys in Flora of China >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535>: >>> 29 (27) >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-27> >>> Leaves >>> leathery (30) >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-30> >>> + Leaves membranous or papery (31) >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-31> >>> >>> 30 (29) >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-29> >>> Bracts >>> suborbicular, margin lacerate; calyx segments narrowly ovate, margin >>> laciniate; leaves suborbicular. 17 *T. lepiniana* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776> >>> + Bracts obovate-oblong, margin dentate; calyx segments narrowly >>> lanceolate, margin dentate; leaves ovate-cordate. 26 *T. tricuspidata* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022796> >>> >>> 31 (29) >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-29> >>> Leaves >>> papery. 21 *T. laceribractea* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022775> >>> + Leaves membranous (32) >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-32> >>> >>> 32 (31) >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-31> >>> Leaf >>> blade suborbicular, deeply palmately 5-7-lobed; bract margin crenulate; >>> calyx segments ca. 15 mm, entire. 15 *T. wallichiana* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022799> >>> + Leaf blade orbicular-cordate or broadly ovate-cordate, unlobed or >>> irregularly 2- or 3(-5)-lobed; bract margin lobulate with linear- >>> lanceolate lobes; calyx segments ca. 10 mm, entire or serrate. 16 *T. >>> fissibracteata* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022769> >>> >>> In view, your plant may be *T. lepiniana* >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776>. >>> Pl. check. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Ashutosh Sharma <ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 at 22:23 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:299212] Trichosanthes kirilowii for confirmation >>> To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> Respected members, >>> Please help to confirm this species of Trichosanthes . >>> Trichosanthes kirilowii ? >>> >>> Photographed in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh >>> Altitude - 1400meters asl >>> Dated - 29June2018 >>> >>> Regards >>> Ashutosh Sharma >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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