Hildegardia populifolia

IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR)
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Hildegardia populifolia Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 33 1832.
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Endemic to the Eastern Ghats in Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
The species is believed to have disappeared from all its recorded localities except for one on the forested eastern slopes of the Kalrayans Hills, where about 20 trees survive.
(From  IUCN Red List (CR) )

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Hildegardia populifolia : 3 posts by 3 authors.
has somebody seen and photographed nice thickstemmed tree Hildegardia/ Sterculia/ populifolia of Tamil Nadu resp. Orissia?

Here is a link of this critically endangered species from tropical dry evergreen forest of the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nada and Andhra Pradesh:  http://www.malvaceae.Hildegardia.php
See the pictures here at: http://www.malvaceae.info/Hildegardia/gallery.html

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This tree was photographed at FRLHT, IHST, Bangalore. 15th May 2014
Flowers are at the very top of the tree

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22092017BHAR – Critically Endangered species needs confirmation : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 5 MB

Bought this sapling from Auroville Botanical garden.
Need confirmation for below species:

It is not possible to tell this apart from Thespesia populnea or any other taxon with similar kind of leaves, based on this single vegetative image only.
Only flowering/fruiting specimens can suggest anything conclusive..

Thank you very much for your reply.
You are correct. Even I thought of Thespesia populnea.
Another problem here: it is endemic to particular region only. So, many people are not aware of it.
I will try my level best in identifying through leaves.

Was this name (Hildegardia populifolia) mentioned by them ?

Yes. The name was given by them only. I got the details how to differentiate it: The stem will be in more green color than that of Thespesia populnea.

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Hildegardia populifolia : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Found in Auroville Botanical Garden, Tamil Nadu
I have attached Thespesia populnea for comparison.

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Hildegardia populifolia : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 2 Mb.
Found in Auroville Botanical garden this Summer.

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Hildegardia populifolia
Found near Serapattu, Kalrayan hills of Eastern ghats.
November.

It is a threatened  species. Just about 20 trees are known to exist on the eastern slopes of the Kalrayana Hills. Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3).

Hildegardia populifolia: 1 high res. image.

Seeds and seed pod.
Thiruvannamalai district TN.
November.

 

 

 

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References: IUCN Red List (CR)  BSI Flora of India  The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) India Biodiversity Portal  Wikipedia  Malvaceae Info: Hildegardia Notes