Drypetes venusta (Wight) Pax & K.Hoffm., H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XV: 268 (1922) (syn: Astylis venusta Wight ; Drypetes elata (Bedd.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; Hemicyclia elata Bedd. ; Hemicyclia venusta (Wight) Thwaites);
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SW. India as per POWO;
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Deciduous trees, to 30 m high, bole fluted, bark greyish-white, smooth, thin; branchlets 1-5 mm thick, slender, drooping, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules small, lateral, caducous; petiole 3-20 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 6-15 x 2-6.4 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base oblique, acute, apex obtusely acute, obtusely acuminate or acute, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-15 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, greenish-yellow, 5-8 mm across; male flowers: 3-6 in axillary clusters; pedicel 5-8 mm long, minutely hispid; tepals 4, 4 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse, hispid outside; stamens 6-10; filaments 3 mm long, free, glabrous; anthers oblong; disc lobulate, villous; female flowers: solitary or in pairs, axillary; pedicel minutely hispid; tepals 4, 4 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse, hispid outside; ovary ovoid, 1-celled; stigma mushroom shaped; ovules 2, pendulous. Fruit a drupe, obovoid, 1.5-2.5 cm long, greenish-yellow, drooping; seed solitary, covered with pulpy mucilage.
Flowering and fruiting: November-July
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
Southern Western Ghats
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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524 ID wild tree: 18 high res. images.
Please ID wild tree tied up with parasitic Ficus sps.,
Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
Drypetes sp. [Putranjivaceae]. Male tree. Probably D. venusta (Wight) Pax & K.Hoffm. [syn. D. elata (Bedd.) Pax & K.Hoffm.].
Yes, it is Drypetes venusta, dear …, thank you very much for ID my tree
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/11096
https://powo.science.kew.org/names:345214-1
https://www.biotik.org/india/drypvenu_en.html
Drypetes venusta, a common element in evergreen foests between 500 – 1500 m asl.
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Drypetes venusta ID#524: 7 high res. images.
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Fruit: berry green into lite green to black obovoid glabrous size: 03×1.5cm, edible sweet yellow pulpy mucilage
Seed: white solitary ovoid size:18x6mm
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India Flickr India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora (Flora of British India) Biotik Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons
