Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 320 1851. (Syn: Chionanthus smilacifolius Wall., Chondrospermum laurifolium Voigt; Chondrospermum smilacifolium (Wall.) Wall.; Ligustrum laurifolium Roxb. [Invalid]; Myxopyrum ellipticilimbum H.T.Chang; Myxopyrum serratulum A.W.Hill; Myxopyrum smilacifolium var. ilicifolium Kurz);
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Andaman Is.; Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China Southeast; Hainan; India; Laos; Myanmar; Nicobar Is.; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;
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India to Hainan and Indo-China as per WCSP;
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Twining shrubs; branches 4-angular. Leaves 7-13 x 3-5 cm, elliptic-ovate or oblong, base rounded to subcordate, margins serrulate from the middle towards apex, apex acuminate, basally 5-nerved, subcoriaceous; petiole to 1.2 cm long. Flowers in axillary trichotomous panicles, small, 4-merous, bisexual. Calyx 1-1.5 cm long, lobes 4. Corolla yellowish, tube 1-2 mm long; lobes 4. Stamens 2, included. Ovary 2-locular; ovules 1-2-per locule; stigma 2-lobed. Berry 1-1.5 cm across, globose, black. Seeds 2. Flowering and fruiting: February-August
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
South East Asia and India
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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Myxopyrum smilacifolium Bl. (Oleaceae). Please validate the identification.
Date/Time- 31/08/2010 –2:30 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Kokrajhar, Assam, Alt 150m Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Type Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- CLIMBER
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 12-17.5x 6-10cm
SL No 310810of 001
I think is plant is indeed Myxopyrum smilacifolium Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 320. 1850. Synonym: Myxopyrum ellipticifolium H. T. Chang.
Myxopyrum smilacifolium Blume Mus. Bot. 1(20): 320. 1851 Help to identify this sp
Date/Time-29/5/2011- 09 AM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Assam, Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Type Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- large woody Climber. Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Leaf pair of 3-4, 12-6-10 cm. Inflorescence Type/ Size- as seen in the photos. Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- Greenish White, Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Not seen. Occurance- Rare Could this be any species of Smilax ?? Most probably Myxopyrum smilacifolium subsp. smilacifolium (Syn: Myxopyrum serratulum) of Oleaceae family Climber ID from Bangladesh SM158 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4). Habit: Climber Habitat: Wild Location: Rangamati Myxopyrum sp. Oleaceae Only species I could find in India– Myxopyrum smilacifolium Don’t know, but can accept blindly when … identifies. I too think that this is a species of Myxopyrum See below link for the type image of Myxopyrum smilacifolium (=M. serratulum) Thank you Sir, I hadn’t the smallest degree of doubt about the ID, only copied what I found in old lit & FoC. .
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 289 ID wild climber Myxopyrum: 15 high res. images. Please ID wild climber, too little and dark racemose, so observation is very difficult. Highly magnified close-ups captured by attaching reverse ring to the same lens. Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400 fsl Flower date: 27.03.2022, 05.10 pm Habitat: wild moisture shady Plant habit: twining/climbing, branches, hard cylindrical whitish old stem 05 inches base circumference lite flakes, quadrangular medium old and young stem, long lasting Height: 10 meters Leaves: opposite, ovate, apex, lite serrated margins, hard and glossy, size: 12× 8 cm or less Flower: pyramidal purplish racemose, inflorescence clustered, 4/5 fingers, diameter: 02.5 mm, green, lite fragrance, two days life Fruit: globular green into greenish yellow, then black, diameter: 02 cm, edible lite sweet Seed: off-white 02 nos., semi-spherical, diameter: 10 mm Camera: CANON EOS1500D +reverse ring
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