Elaeocarpus aristatus Roxb., Gen. Hist. 1: 559 1831. (syn: Monocera aristata Jack);
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India (Maharashtra), E. Himalaya to Myanmar, Nicobar Islands: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nicobar Is. as per POWO;
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India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Maharashtra), Sikkim, Nicobar Isl., Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life; . Large trees, buttressed, 20-40 m tall with conical crown. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules subulate, caducous; petioles ca. 1.5-5 cm long, swollen at both ends, geniculate, glabrous; lamina ca. 15-30 x 4-10 cm, obovate, elliptic or oblanceolate, cuneate or acute at base, rounded or subacute at apex, distantly serrulate or subentire, glabrous, thinly coriaceous; secondary nerves 12-18 pairs, obliquely arcuate. Inflorescences axillary racemes ca. 8-20 cm long, rusty villous, glabrescent with age; Flower-buds lanceolate, ribbed; Flowers ca. 2 cm across, white, fragrant, drooping; pedicels ca. 1-2 cm long, rusty villous; sepals ca. 0-1.5 cm long, lanceolate, narrowly triangular or oblong, rusty tomentose without, glabrous within; petals ca. 12-16 mm long, dull white, silky, hairy outside, laciniate; stamens 40-60, subulate; filaments ca. 1 cm long, puberulous or glabrous; anthers ca. 6 mm long, awned; ovary ovoid, hairy, 2-loculed; styles subulate, longer than anthers, tapering from a conical base. Drupes ca. 3-3.5 cm long, ellipsoid; pyrenes pointed at both ends, compressed, oblong, rugose, 1-loculed. In moist deciduous and evergreen forests between 1500 and 2000 m.
India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Maharashtra., Bhutan. Bangladesh and Myanmar
(Attributions- Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference) as per India Biodiversity Portal) . MS Nov.2016/10 Elaeocarpus rugosus ? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Tamdil, Mizoram Appears close to images at fpcn I guess Elaeocarpus rugosus Roxb. ex G.Don is the exact match. As keys were not working in the absence of flowers, I tried all species listed in the book as per comparative images at Elaeocarpus and specimens from India in GBIF as below: gbif (E. tectorius)
gbif (E. floribundus)
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=8250467 (E. prunifolius)
E.varunua as per GBIF– specimen1, plant illustration, India Biodiversity Portal and IBIS Flora (FBI)
Closest I could go is gbif (E. aristatus) as per specimen 1 and specimen 2, based on leaf shape etc. . Elaeocarpus sp. for id : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Date : 09-07-2012. Location : Thenhlum, Mizoram.
As keys were not working in the absence of flowers, I tried all species listed in the book as per comparative images at Elaeocarpus and specimens from India in GBIF as below: gbif (E. tectorius)
gbif (E. floribundus)
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=8250467 (E. prunifolius)
E.varunua as per GBIF– specimen1, plant illustration, India Biodiversity Portal and IBIS Flora (FBI)
Closest I could go is gbif (E. aristattus) as per specimen 1 and specimen 2, based on leaf shape etc. Hope this link would be helpful in id the sp
researchgate . References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI GBIF (with type specimen) India Biodiversity Portal Bhutan Biodiversity Portal |