Smythea bombaiensis (Dalz.) Banerjee & P. K. Mukherjee, Indian Forester 96: 214 1970. (Syn: Ventilago bombaiensis Dals.);
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India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala) as per Catalogue of life;
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¿ sm-EYE-thee-uh ? — named for Colonel Smythe, R.A. … Viti by Berthold Seemann
¿ bomb-ah-ee-EN-sis ? — of or from Bombay Presidency, during British India 
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Id plz:
can anyone help me id this plant
its a tree, photographed at Amboli MH about 15days back (Posted on 16.2.12)

The flower looks like plant belongs to the family Celastraceae. It would be of great help if you can provide additional information such as place where you see this species, time of flowering, any information on fruits, height of the plant etc…
Preferably please upload (in this thread itself) a habit picture of the tree, if you have one.


please look up the recent thread about Rhamnus wightii. I think this is the same plant although it would be helpful to know details of size of plant and habitat. The habitat of the Rhamnus sp. is very specific.


Thank you all for helping me id
plant in pi 41 & 42 is identified as Ventilago bombaiensis Family Rhamnaceae
Id credit : …


I’m confused because in the post you said it’s a tree!
Ventilago bombaiensis is a straggling liana.



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Id Plz SR2 : 7 posts by 6 authors.

can anyone Id this small tree
it has sweet scented flowers
picture taken at Amboli Sindhudurg MH
on 6th Jan 2014  

Celastraceae member?  Ventilago sp?


Ventilago species so far in efi. 


Rhamnaceae??


It could possibly be a Ventilago sp. although Ventilago spp. are not trees.
The pics. are insufficient for a positive id.


Smythea bombaiensis (= Ventilago bombaiensis)



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ANJAN02/02 Please identify this shrub : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)

Date: 28th December 2014
Place: Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka
Habit: Straggling shrub
Can it be a Flacourtiaceae member?


Identified as: Gouania sp. by …


Family: Rhamnaceae


Gouania species so far in efi 


Please see this link: http://florakarnataka.Gouania%20microcarpa/167.pdf.jpg
Gouania sp. have long spicate panicles and tendrils whereas the plant that … and I have photographed have neither of these. So perhaps Gouania sp. may be ruled out.

Identified by … in … post as Smythea bombaiensis



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Agumbe Ghat :: Gouania FOR ID :: DVJAN03 : 8 posts by 5 authors. 7 images.
Agumbe Ghat (part of Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary)Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka

Date: 28 DEC 2014 … Altitude: about 600 m asl at crest, about 250 m asl at foothill
Many thanks to …; he has suggested ID of Gouania to … post at Indian Flora in facebook.
Eager to know the species, not sure if these pictures would help.
Gouania ¿ species ? … (family: Rhamnaceae) 

Many thanks to you too …, I am having a long pending id requirement from VOF area, with similar flowers, I will post this soon..


Gouania species so far in efi 


Many thanks … for resurfacing this post.
This plant may not be Gouania – as per observations of … in his post ANJAN02/02.


Smythea bombaiensis (Ventilago bombaiensis)



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via Species‎ > ‎S‎ > Smythea bombaiensis (Dalz.) Banerjee & P. K. Mukherjee … family: Rhamnaceae

Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
¿ sm-EYE-thee-uh ? — named for Colonel Smythe, R.A. … Viti by Berthold Seemann
¿ bomb-ah-ee-EN-sis ? — of or from Bombay Presidency, during British India 
commonly known asBombay smytheaBombay ventilago • Malayalamവെമ്പാടവള്ളി vempaatavalli 
botanical namesSmythea bombaiensis (Dalz.) Banerjee & P. K. Mukherjee … synonymVentilago bombaiensis Dalz. … Botanical Survey of India 
December 28, 2014 … along Agumbe Ghat 


Wonderful thanks for sharing …, where in Mumbai one can see this plant ?


From my flickr collection, I find that I have seen it at Matheran, other than Agumbe Ghat.

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Smythea bombaiensis (Dalzell) S.P.Banerjee & P.K.Mukh. :: Matheran :: May 22, 2023 · 10:40 AM IST: 8 images.
Smythea bombaiensis (Dalzell) S.P.Banerjee & P.K.Mukh.
Matheran, Raigad, Maharashtra :: May 22, 2023 · 10:40 AM IST :: about 800 m (2,625 feet) asl


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Smythea bombaiensis (Dalzell) S.P.Banerjee & P.K.Mukh. :: Matheran :: Apr 1, 2023 · JUN23 DV222: 9 images.

Smythea bombaiensis (Dalzell) S.P.Banerjee & P.K.Mukh.
Matheran :: Apr 1, 2023 · 3:30 PM IST :: about 800 m (2,625 ft) asl
Many thanks to Radha Veach for validating the ID at iNaturalist



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References:

Catalogue of life  BSI Flora of India  The Plant List  Flowers of India  Flora of Peninsular India  JSTOR Plant Science (Specimen)  India Biodiversity Portal  Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post 

Biodiversity In India, Volume 2 By T. Pullaiah  Flora of Cannanore by Veerambakkam Srinivasan Ramachandran, V. J. Nair