Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 30:466. 1958 (Syn. Hippocratea beccarii Tuyn; Hippocratea cassinoides DC.; Hippocratea disperma Vahl (ambiguous synonym); (Hippocratea euonymoides Vahl; Hippocratea fuscescens Kurz; (≡) Hippocratea indica Willd. (basionym); Hippocratea lobbii M. Laws.; Hippocratea obtusifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Hippocratea pentandra Griff.; Pristimera indica (Willd.) A. C. Sm.; Reissantia cassinoides (DC.) Ding Hou; Tontelea disperma (Vahl) Poir.); . Java, India (Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Bangladesh, peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Penang Isl., Pahan), +Singapore, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, China (Guangdong, Hainan), Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor), Borneo, Philippines (Luzon, Lubang, Mindoro, Mindanao), Sulawesi, S-Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.), Borneo as per Catalogue of Life; . ¿ pris-tee-MER-a ? — derivation obscure IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Bengali: আতরি লতা atari lata, কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya • Hindi: गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati • Kachari: sibrai-ia-dam • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli • Konkani: व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas • Kuki: bom-pel-thing • Malayalam: ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi • Marathi: मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir • Odia: କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya • Tamil: மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi, ஓடங்கொடி odankodi • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/reissantia-indica-willd-nhalle.html . Woody climbers with looping branchlets. Leaves opposite, to 12 x 7 cm, obovate, obtusely acute, attenuate to the base; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary drooping panicles, pedicellate; sepals 5, ovate, acute, glabrous; petals 5, 3 x 1 mm, oblong, curved, glabrous; stamens 3, filaments short curved out; ovary 3-celled, sunken in the disk; ovules 2-10 in each cell. Fruit a winged samara. Flowering and fruiting: March-April Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests Indo-Malesia .
Seen this Climber at Uttar Kannada (Gersoppa Ghat). Bot. name: Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé Syn: Hippocratea indica Willd.; Pristimera indica; Family: Celastraceae
Celastraceae fortnight :: Reissantia indica along Gersoppa Ghat :: DV14 : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.
Celastraceae fortnight :: Reissantia indica at Sudhagad :: PKA2 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. . Names of Plants in India :: Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.   ¿ pris-tee-MER-a ? — derivation obscure IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maderiballi, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kangunaballi • Tamil: மொரசரக்கொடி moracarakkoti • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu botanical names: Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. … synonyms: Hippocratea indica Willd. • Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé … Tropicos March 16, 2013 … along Gersoppa Ghat ¿ rey-SAN-shi-ah ? — in honour of Charles Tisserant, a French clergyman, botanist and plant collector … Wikipedia IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: mopane paddle-pod • Bengali: আতরি লতা atari lata, কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya • Hindi: गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati • Kachari: sibrai-ia-dam • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli, ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli • Konkani: व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas • Kuki: bom-pel-thing • Malayalam: ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi • Marathi: मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir • Odia: କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya • Tamil: மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi, ஓடங்கொடி odankodi • Telugu: వెర్రియాప verriyaapa • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu botanical names: Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Hallé … homotypic synonyms: Hippocratea indica Willd. • Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C.Sm. … accepted infraspecifics, and their synonyms at POWO, retrieved 19 May 2024 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India mopane paddle-pod
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands আতরি লতা atari lata
কাঠ পাহাড়িয়া katha pahariya
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan गुथुलीलाठी guthulilati, कांचीकीलाठी kanchikilati
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~ written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin … spoken in: Assam, Nagaland … other names for this language: Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa) sibrai-ia-dam
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಾತ್ರೀ ಬಳ್ಳಿ dodda maatri balli
ಕಾಂಗುಣ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaanguna balli
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat व्हडली धवस vhadli dhavas
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~ written in: Roman … spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland … other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki bom-pel-thing
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep ചെറിയ ചതുരമുല്ല cheriya chathuramulla, ഓടൻ കൊടി oodan kodi
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka मोठी दौशीर mothi daushir
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands କାଠ ପାହାଡ଼ିଆ katha pahariya
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands மொரசரகொடி morasarakodi
ஓடங்கொடி odankodi
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry వెర్రియాప verriyaapa
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala ಮಲ್ಲ ಮಾದೆರಿ ಬಳ್ಳು malla maderi ballu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, * Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal
* distribution doubtful ~~~~~ Last updated: 11:29 20-05-2024 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/reissantia-indica-willd-nhalle.html Both Malayalam and English spellings are correct, .
no flower, based on leaf it looks Colubrina asiatica of Rhamnaceae No madam its different from Colubrina asiatica! Hyppocratea ? Thank you … its .
Reissantia indica of Celastaceae is it a vine/ climber? or a tree? some more details might be helpful for identification Climber Sir ji .
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/loeseneriella-arnottiana/ Yes … I had checked this but could not make up my mind if it was L. arnottiana or Reissantia indica. https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/plants.php?name=Reissantia%20indica. Flora of China gives the following description for Reissantia indica (Willdenow) N. Hallé: Lianas; branchlets green, early slightly quadrangular, then cylindric, glabrous. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, grooved; leaf blade ovate, ovate-elliptic, or rarely lanceolate, 3.5-7(-10) × 2.5-4(-5) cm, papery, base cuneate, distal margin sparsely denticulate, apex subacute; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, slender, reticulate veins horizontally spreading. Cymes 3-5 cm; bracts lanceolate, margin sparingly ciliolate; pedicel 8-10 mm. Flowers green-white; sepals ovate-deltoid, ca. 1 mm, membranous, margin irregularly denticulate; petals oblong-deltoid, ca. 1.5 mm. Stamens longer than style; anthers slightly square. Ovary with 4 ovules per locule; style subtriangular. Fruits 1-3-fascicled capsules; capsule narrowly oblong-elliptic, 3-4 × 1-1.5 cm, apex emarginate. Seeds 2, ca. 2.5 cm, wing apex emarginate. For Loeseneriella arnottiana, FOI gives the following description: Leaves are ovate-elliptic, 10 – 18 x 4 – 7.5 cm, pointed at tip, base blunt, leathery, entire or faintly rounded toothed; venation netveined, prominent. Flowers are borne in cymes in leaf-axils, about 8 mm across. Calyx is 5-lobed; sepals triangular, entire, hairless. Petals are 5, round, with narrow claw, hairless, fringed. Fruit is a samara, narrowly oblong, 8 x 2.5 cm, blunt, striped. Also see descriptions and details at https://bsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/Public_Information/publication/books/Flora%20of%20India%20latest/FLORA%20OF%20INDIA%20VOL.5.pdf https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=4827&cat=7 https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=4822&cat=7 Sometimes conflicting descriptions and details. So best to go by distribution. In Maharashtra, only Reissantia indica (Willdenow) N. Hallé is reported as per above links. So take it as Reissantia indica (Willdenow) N. Hallé.
id of the tree : Attachments (3). 9 posts by 7 authors. … other than leaves, are those the fruits of the plant ? First thought …. Shorea species? Reissantia indica (Hippocrateaceae / Celastraceae), a woody climber. Isn’t it Reissantia arnottiana with the larger leaves and longer samaras. I feel we need flower to confirm. But I think, R.indica the leaves are smaller. You may be right … But in R. grahamii (i am not aware of the sp R. arnottiana !), the leaves are broad with obtuse base and entire margin. Since the posted specimen has (comparatively) smaller leaves with cuneate base and serrulate margin, i think it is R. indica only. Let’s hear from others too. I am very sorry … H. arnotiana and H indica are mentioned close to each other with few distinguishing characters in Gamble. Taking it as Reissantia indica as per discussions at Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH :: Tree for ID :: ARK2025-076
. References: Catalogue of Life GRIN The Plant List Ver.1.1 Flora of China & Tropicos (Pristimera indica (Willd.) A.C. Sm. syn. Hippocratea indica Willd. & Reissantia indica (Willd.) N. Hallé) Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Reissantia indica Halle. – SpringerReference JSTOR | Global Plants: Reissantia indica Aluka – Entry for Hippocratea indica Willd. [family CELASTRACEAE] |
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