Mycetia longifolia

Mycetia longifolia (Wall.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 289 1891. (syn: Adenosacme longifolia Wall. [Invalid]; Adenosacme longifolia (Wall.) Hook. f.; Rondeletia longifolia Wall.; Wendlandia longifolia (Wall.) DC.);

Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia as per WCSP;

Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Malaya; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Tibet; Vietnam as per Catalogue of life;

As per efi thread:

This should be Mycetia longifolia (Wall.) Kuntze as per details and references herein.

Key difference is that it is having ‘At least some calyx limbs and sometimes also bracts bearing few to numerous marginal glands on short to well-developed flexuous stipes’ as per keys in Flora of China. This you can clearly see here.

It is lacking in Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara. Pl. see specimens at GBIF.

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MS Nov.2016/09 Hamelia macrantha ? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)

Location : Tamdil, Mizoram
Date : 07-07-2016
Habit : Small shrub
Habitat : Wild

I think this is Mycetia longifolia.

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Plants from Northeast Tour 2017- Shrub for id from Arunachal Pradesh : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Please suggest identification for this shrub, recorded from Tippi, Arunachal Pradesh.
This superficially looks to be from Rubiaceae

Pl. check comparative images at Gesneriaceae.

An earlier input on eFI points to Mycetia longifolia… Rubiaceae

I think I have seen a similar plant in efi under Gesneriaceae.

I am referring to : /species/m—z/r/rubiaceae/mycetia/mycetia-longifolia

I agree with you as per images under Mycetia longifolia

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MS Nov,2018/11 Mycetia sp. for identification : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Location : Lungkulh, Mizoram

Altitude : ca 400 m.

Date : 15-11-2018

Habit : Undershrub

Habitat : Wild

Mycetia acuminata ??

What are the species reported from your area?
Pl. also check
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m—z/r/rubiaceae/mycetia/mycetia-longifolia

Mycetia longifolia and M.mukerjiana are recorded in Mizoram

Does not match with Mycetia mukerjiana as per

http://www.ehsst.Pleione52/MycetiamukerjianaNagaland.pdf

Appears close to images of Mycetia longifolia as per Mycetia longifolia &
https://www.researchgate.help_seek_for_plant_identification

Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara : 13 posts by 2 authors. 9 images- 6 to 7 mb each.

Location: Chalnakhel, Pharping

Date: 28 June 2020

Elevation: 1500 m.

Habitat: Wild

This should be Mycetia longifolia (Wall.) Kuntze as per details and references herein.

It is lacking in Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara. Pl. see specimens at GBIF.

Also have a look at Mycetia stipulata (Hook. f.) Kuntze as I have not checked it.

Also looks different from Mycetia stipulata as per GBIF Specimen 1 and Specimen 2

MS,June,2018/Subshrub for id.: 1 very high res. image.
Location : Ailawng, Mizoram

Altitude : 1,000-1,400 m

Date : 10-11-2018

Habit : Subshrub
Habitat : Wild

It appears to be Mycetia only, as told by … in another post.

Mycetia longifolia ?

Yes … !

ID request-080610-PKA1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups:
Came across this Shrub in Mizoram. Creamy white coloured shining fruits were noticeable even from a distance in forest cover. Do have a look at these snaps.
Date/Time: 9th Nov./11:20AM
Location: Ailawng, Mizoram
Habitat: Wild
Plant Habit: Shrub
Height:70 to 90cm
Leaves: Opposite, 8 to 12 cm, elliptic, lanceolate, acuminate, nerves 10 to 12 pairs, base tapering, petiole 1 to 2cm, tomentose beneath.
Flowers: Not seen
Fruits: Globuse, Creamy white coloured shining, 10 to 12mm dia.

I have a strong feeling that this may may be Sorbus hupehensis from the family Rosaceae. Kindly validate.

Or may be Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindley) Rehder as per Aima’s book. common names Bhiloka, Kathi, kyans.

You seem to have caught it, but leaves would be helpful
…, bechare patoon ko bhi apne camerey men kaid kar lijeye ga.

According to the description of the plant provided by … it looks like the plant it Sorbus hupehensis. This plant is common in forests of North-Eastern India growing as a wild variety, originally migrated from China to this place. There are reports of its distribution in that region.

Sorbaria tomentosa has an extremely acute leaf, with coarsely serrate margin and sunken lateral veins and a dense inflorescence. Among the photos provided by … only in one photo a complete leaf is visible which doesn’t match the leaf morphology of S tomentosa.

Sorbaria is a split from Spiraea in which the carpels are free and as such more than one fruitlets. Sorbus has carpels adnate to hypanthium forming single unit as you can see in this case. I am uploading single photograph of fruiting Sorbaria sorbifolia.

“Camera me… “Na kaid ho paye patte, na kaid ho paye phool,
Falo ke is duniya me hui hai hamse ye bhool“..
I think the ID Sorbus hupehensis seems to be closely tallying this plant..

I have doubts about the id of images as Sorbus hupehensis as per POWO and Flora of China.
Also they do not show its distribution in India. Also not shown in BSI flora of India.

This is Mycetia. Fruit looks matching with Mycetia acuminata (Wight) Kuntze but did not find distribution for that area. Mycetia mukerjiana Deb & Ratna Dutta, Mycetia stipulata (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Mycetia longifolia (Wall.) Kuntze and Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara has got distribution for that area and may be close to Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara.

Feedback from … from Sorbus hupehensis in FOI:
From the limited view of the plant in … images, this was the best match people could come up with. I agree that distribution in India is not shown anywhere, but then it is a bordering area. The general agreement with Sorbus hupehensis appears reasonable, if not good
http://www.iplant.cn/info/Sorbus%20hupehensis?t=p
however, I wouldn’t bet on it very strongly.

Agree with … about Mycetia

https://www.flowersofindia.Tapering-LeafMycetia.html or something close to it.
I guess this is not Sorbus.
Google images show a completely different fruit and leaf pattern.

I think it is Mycetia longifolia

Sorbus hupehensis in FOI:
I have doubts about the id of images of Sorbus hupehensis in FOI, being correct as per POWO and Flora of China.
Also they do not show its distribution in India. Also not shown in BSI flora of India.
So pl. correct.

This is Mycetia. Fruit looks matching with Mycetia acuminata (Wight) Kuntze but did not find distribution for that area. Mycetia mukerjiana Deb & Ratna Dutta, Mycetia stipulata (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Mycetia longifolia (Wall.) Kuntze and Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara has got distribution for that area and may be close to Mycetia nepalensis H.Hara.

From the limited view of the plant in … images, this was the best match people could come up with. I agree that distribution in India is not shown anywhere, but then it is a bordering area. The general agreement with Sorbus hupehensis appears reasonable, if not good

http://www.iplant.cn/info/Sorbus%20hupehensis?t=p
however, I wouldn’t bet on it very strongly.

Pl. see more feedback at ID request-080610-PKA1 and MS,June,2018/Subshrub for id.

Pl. correct it to Mycetia longifolia, as per images and details herein.

Done!

MS,Dec.,2022/04 Mycetia sp. ? for id.: 1 image.
Location : Tamdil, Mizoram