Ardisia polysticta – eFlora of India

July 20, 2018
Ardisia

Ardisia polysticta Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 576 1861. (syn: Ardisia evonymifolia Pit.; Ardisia flaviflora C. Chen & D. Fang; Ardisia jagorii Mez; Ardisia lenticellata Fletcher; Ardisia nemorosa Pit.; Ardisia oldhamii Mez; Ardisia pardalina Mez; Ardisia perpunctata Elmer ex Merr.; Ardisia radians Hemsl. & Mez; Ardisia ramosii Merr.; Ardisia rectangularis Hayata; Ardisia sinuato-crenata Mez; Ardisia stellifera Pit.; Ardisia tonkinensis A. DC.; Ardisia virens Kurz; Ardisia virens var. annamensis Pit.; Bladhia oldhamii (Mez) Masam.; Bladhia radians (Hemsl. & Mez) Masam.; Bladhia virens (Kurz) Nakai; Tinus virens (Kurz) Kuntze);

China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam,
peninsular Malaysia (Perak), Indonesia, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Taninthayi),
Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Biliran, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao), Laos as per Catalogue of Life;

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MS June,2018/24 Ardisia sp. for ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

Location : Tamdil, Mizoram

Altitude : ca 800 m.

Date : 02-06-2018

Habit : Small tree, about 3.5 m. high

Habitat : Wild. It grows in secondary forest

Pl. check species available at

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As per details at the stated link, I narrowed it to two species as below:

Ardisia virens

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2385&flora_id=2

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2384&flora_id=2

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2386&flora_id=2

Ardisia shweliensis

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2376&flora_id=2

Pl. check.

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MS June, 2018/04 Tree for Id : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)

Location : Tamdil, Mizoram

Date : 02-06-2018

Habit : Small tree

Habitat : Wild

… possibly Ardisia solanacea of Primulaceae.

Leaf and flowering season looks different.
Could it be A. crenata ?

To me looks different from images of A. crenata on net.

Pl. check other species at Ardisia

As per details at the stated link, I narrowed it to two species as below:

Ardisia virens

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2385&flora_id=2

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2384&flora_id=2

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2386&flora_id=2

Ardisia shweliensis

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=2376&flora_id=2

Pl. check.

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Its fruits are attached herewith to help id

Attachments (1)- 4 Mb.

With this additional image, I will go for Ardisia virens

Flora of China says: Fruit red or blackish red, globose, 7-9(-10) mm in diam., densely black punctate.

So these may be unripe fruits.

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI
GBIF (with type specimens) High resolution specimen 1 High resolution specimen Flora of China FOC illustration India Biodiversity Portal PIER IBIS Flora

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