Macaranga pustulata King ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 445 (1887) as per efi thread;
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India: Subtropical evergreen forests, chiefly in old forest clearings, on landslips and abandoned plantations, 600 – 2000 m altitude. Uttarakhand (Garhwal Himalayas), West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China as per BSI Flora of India;
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As per eFI thread:
The fruits of M. pustulata have glandular patches on the lobes which is absent in M. denticulata
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SK 3904 01 December 2023: 3 very high res. images.
Location: Taplejung, East Nepal
Habit : Wild
Images sent by Mr. Sajan Subedi !
Macaranga sp.
It should be Macaranga denticulata as per Checklist of Nepal (POWO treats Macaranga pustulata King ex Hook.f. as a syn. of it) as per
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/12/macaranga-denticulata/
https://www.gbif.org/species/3073960
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012587
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246005
Macaranga denticulata and M. pustulata are entirely different species based on fruit characters according to Whitmore, Gen. Macaranga Prodr. (2008) and both the species are occurring in India.
What is the plant posted by …?
This is Macaranga pustulata.
1 image.
Any article / journal on update on this sp. ??
This is a wrong concept advanced by me. If you go through the book Gen. Macaranga Prodr. by T. C. Whitmore (2008) he has shown that these two species are quite distinct. See the image attached by me. The fruits of M. pustulata have glandular patches on the lobes which is absent in M. denticulata.
Need to look for the book ! https://www.ipni.org/n/351317-1
This book was published by Kew. Please see Flora Malesiana Euphorbiaceae online and there you will get the treatment of both the species.
Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg. ??
yes. looks like it. other name in FOI is Blistery macaranga
Family: Euphorbiaceae>> Subfamily: Acalyphoideae >> Tribe: Acalypheae >> Subtribe: Macaranginae >>Genus: Macaranga Thouars 1806[1] per wikipedia
no wonder its sap is not innocuous
i have seen in thailand on streets
Thank you … There is still some confusion for me.
Confusion according to the links about the correct ID !
Please forget about the links. I reduced Macaranga pustulata to a variety of M . denticulata as it is less pubescent and there will be a few black spots or pustules at the base of lamina where it meets with the petiole.
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Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg.: 6 very high res. images.
Location: Kathmandu Valley, Central Nepal
Altitude: 1500 m.
Date : 11 July 2021
Habitat : Wild
Macaranga pustulata
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Altitude : ca 730 m.
Date : 31-03-2016
Habit : Small to middle-sized tree
Habitat : Wild
Yes, M. denticulata once again, possibly var. pustulata.
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Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg.: 10 very high res. images.
Habitat: Wild
Is this not Macaranga pustulata?
I have no idea
Here in case of Macaranga pustulata, there are conspicuous glandular patches/pads on the lobes of ovary and fruits which are lacking in M. denticulata.
Please look here: glandular patches in M. pustulata. Moreover, there will be black dots on leaf lamina near the junction of petiole.
Fruit character is distinctive between the two species.
Macaranga pustulata.
I think Macaranga sp.
I am just giving a suggestion and you need not take it for granted and you must verify this yourself before posting in Facebook … My suggestion: Macaranga denticulata.
Could it be Macaranga indica Wight ??
No …, This is typical M. denticulata very abundant in that area. Leaves are epeltate as well as slightly peltate, as in these images. Good images are available in efi website. Var. pustulata is slightly different in less deep lobes of fruits and less pubescens with etimes a few pustules near the base of the leaves. M. indica is very different in 1-locular fruits and with a large gland at the base of the bracts outside and it is rather rare species.
Can it also be Macaranga pustulata?
Yes, Macaranga pustulata.
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References:
efi thread POWO (Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg.) Catalogue of Life (Macaranga denticulata (Blume) Müll.Arg.) BSI Flora of India Flora of China (Macaranga pustulata King ex J. D. Hooker) FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Macaranga pustulata King ex J. D. Hooker) India Flora Online Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal
