Xylosma controversa

Xylosma controversa Clos, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 8: 231 1857. (syn: Flacourtia cataphracta Wall.; Myroxylon controversum (Clos) Kuntze);

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, ?Yunnan), peninsular Malaysia, Vietnam, Assam, India (West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya) as per Catalogue of Life;

Xylosma controversa Clos : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (10)- around 800 kb each.

Location: Godawari, Nepal

Date: 18 April 2018

Altitude: 5000 ft.

Habit: Wild
Nepali Names : डाँडे काँडा Daande Kaandaa / धारे काँडा Dhaare Kaandaa

Excellent photography, …
You are doing a great service for the plants of Nepal. Adding Nepali names in this database will help the future generations..

SK 2836 09 November 2020 : 7 very high resolution images.

Location: Kathmandu Valley

Date: November 2020

Elevation: 15500m.

Habitat : Wild

A species of Xylosma perhaps

This one resembles Xylosma longifolium

Xylosma controversa Clos ??

I will go for Xylosma controversa as per keys in Flora of China.

SK46JUL23-2016:ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- 2 high res. images.

Enclosing some pictures for identification.

Location : Godawari Botanical Garden Nepal

Altitude: 5000 ft.
Date: 13 July, 2016

Any idea about the family or genus pl. ?

I think you have posted similar plant in another thread. Can you recall the Id ?

Xylosma sp.

Xylosma controversa Clos

Celtis australis L.: 10 images.

Location: Ranibari, Kathmandu
Date: 5 April 2021
Elevation: 1370 m.
Habitat : Wild
Nepali Name : खरी Kharee

I think fruits and their arrangement, look different as per images at Wikipedia, Encyclopedia of Life and bgflora

It was labelled !

Once again I fail, Sir, and yes, all Celtis search displays solitary fruit!
Alternate leaf with serrate margin … can it be any Ilex?

Please, forget Ilex, better try Trema. Pic “DSC_0743” suggests it could be a Trema.

Does not seem to match with both as per Ilex or Trema

Extremely sorry, SIr, didn’t notice the trunk (DSC_0752) is armed. It cancels any chance of Trema.
Now, which Celtis does have an armed trunk? That I do not know.
Flora of Nepal lists 3 species – http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=105995. Of those 3 species Celtis australis L. perhaps would be C. australis auct. non L. ….. please check –

KEW doesn’t think Celtis australis L. is distributed in Nepal or India – POWO
This much I could do !!!

Can it be ripe state of link ? @efi thread

I think you are right as per images at Xylosma controversa

Yes …

SK 3854 September 2023: 5 high res. images.

Location: Indra Daha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Date: 07 September 2023

Altitude: 1573 m.

Habitat : Wild

This could be a Xylosma sp. [Salicaceae].

Yes. it appears close to images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2018/05/12/xylosma-controversa/

References:
Catalogue of Life POWO The Plant List Ver.1.1 Tropicos IPNI Catalogue of Life GBIF (with type specimens) High resolution specimen High resolution specimen 2 Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Asian Flora

Updated on December 24, 2024

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