Bonellia macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa (Introduced)

Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae (Incl. Myrsinaceae) Fortnight- Jacquinia racemosa from Patiala:: NS June 13 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6).
This small tree with spiny-tipped leaves was shot from Botanical Garden of Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab.. Flowers were not observed by me, also, due to restrictions, I could not pluck or open a fruit..
The placard says Jacquinia racemosa.. I hope this is right..

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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I could not find any match of Jacunia racemosa on google search. I think it has been misspelt.

There are two Genera under Primulaceae namely Bonellia and Jacquinia (both formerly under Theophrastaceae). In Flowers of India, there is one species Jacquinia macrocarpa (http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Jacquinia.html), but the berries are with blunt tip (not pointed as in this figure). In encyclopedia of life, Jacquinia racemosa’s type is placed under Bonellia macrocarpa (http://eol.org/pages/5508526/details). But in the plant list under Bonellia macrocarpa, Jacquinia macrocarpa is treated as synonym but J. racemosa is treated as accepted name.
You may need to check: B. Ståhl and M. Källersjö (2004) . Reinstatement of Bonellia (Theophrastaceae). Novon 14(1): 115-118.
and Ståhl, B. 1995. A synopsis of Jacquinia (Theophrastaceae) in the Antilles and South America. Nordic J. Bot. 15: 493-511.
Hope this will help you in identifying the species!!!

B. Ståhl and M. Källersjö (2004) . Reinstatement of Bonellia (Theophrastaceae). Novon 14(1): 115-118. can be read here…. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.115/mode/1up. There is one old book, trees and shrubs of Mexico nu Paul Standley (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.1206/mode/1up) which deals with various species of Jacquinia… These may be referred.

Jacquinia

Jacquinia For ID : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 231013 : AK-3 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors.

Jacquinia ruscifolia Spreng.

I didn’t see its flowers in Alipore Hort. But, leaves do look like the ones in my post. And, a net search doesn’t yield much literature.

Jacquinia ruscifolia Jacq. is a syn. Jacquinia aculeata (L.) Mez as per Catalogue of Life, but does not matches with images and details at

Please see if this can be Jaquinia racemosa…

Garcinia………?

No idea Sir, never seen any Garcinia

Species so far in efi : Bonellia frutescens (Cultivated) & 4 species of Jacquinia 

I thank …. very much as well as many thanks to … for resurfacing all posts. As per the pdf file, in the link provided by …, this should be Bonellia since it has leaves with well developed mucro. Species level ID perhaps not possible in absence of any KEY, and also flowers. It may not be Jacquinia panamensis Lundell for fruits of that species seem to have some depressions at the tips and with small mucro (apiculate).

since Jacquinia and Bonellia are synonyms, our worry now is the species, lets wait till it flowers again

Two species of Jacquinia are listed in IBG-

Thank you … I have earlier post of J. ruscifolia Jacq., recorded in Alipore Hort. (KOLKATA)!

Plant for Id – ID05012018SH2 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Plant for Id pl. Is it Jaqueira ?
Location – Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai
Date – April 2009

Any other image?

Sorry … Only one image.
I found the apex of the leaf interesting… it was like a thorn.. very peculiar.

To me it appears to be Bonellia macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa as per details and references herein.

Primulaceae :  4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).