Opilia amentacea Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 31 1802. (syn: Groutia celtidifolia Guill. & Perr.; Opilia amentacea var. tomentella Oliv.; Opilia angiensis De Wild.; Opilia celtidifolia (Guill. & Perr.) Endl. ex Walp.; Opilia celtidifolia var. sphaerocarpa Chiov.; Opilia celtidifolia var. tomentella (Oliv.) G.Ll.Lucas; Opilia fragrans Elmer; Opilia javanica Miq.; Opilia pentitdis Blume; Opilia ruwenzoriensis De Wild.; Opilia senegalensis Baill. [Illegitimate]; Opilia thorelii Gagnep.; Opilia tomentella (Oliv.) Engl.; Pentitdis scandens Zipp. ex Blume [Invalid]; Tetanosia olacioides (Wight & Arn.) M.Roem.); India: Bihar, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; Lanka, Myanmar, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam, Tropical Africa and Australia as per BSI Flora of India; Angola; Benin; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Burkina; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Chad; China South-Central; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Ivory Coast; Jawa; Kenya; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Maluku; Mozambique; Myanmar; New Guinea; Nigeria; Northern Territory; Philippines; Queensland; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulawesi; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Uganda; Vietnam; Western Australia; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe as per Catalogue of Life; Climbing shrubs, branchlets lenticellate, brown tomentose. Leaves 6-9 x 3 cm, ovate, apex acute, base obtuse or acute, coriaceous; petiole to 8 mm. Racemes axillary, 1-5 together, to 3 cm; flowers in groups of 2 or 3, pedicels 2 mm; sepals 5, minute; petals 2 mm, oblong, recurved; stamens opposite to petals, filaments 2 mm; glands 5, fleshy, club shaped, alternating with the stamens; ovary 1-celled, 1.5 mm, oblong, style minute, ovule pendulous. Flowering and fruiting: February-April Dry deciduous forests Peninsular India through Sri Lanka to Tropical Australia and Africa Opilia amentacea : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Opilia amentacea (Opiliaceae) from Sathyamangalam R.F., Tamil Nadu. The flowers are in racemes (stalked).
EfloraIndia_050613PD01_ Flora of Odisha for ID] : Attachments (2). 6 posts by 3 authors. please help me in Identifying this tree Place of collection: Tamana reserve forest, Khurda Date of collection: 07/04/13 Habit: Tree, 5 to 9 m tall Altitude: 600 m above msl Habitat: road side of hill forest facing sun in Dry deciduous forests To me it looks like Opilia amentacea, a climbing shrub. … Many thanks for the lead. Opilia is a climbing shrub as u rightly pointed out. But the species i have posted here is a small tree. So i wl wait for others to comment. Please share ur thoughts. It is Opilia amentacea; I have noticed the plant in E. Ghats.
Opilia amentacea Roxb. SN Feb – 20: Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Opilia amentacea Roxb; Fam : Opiliaceae Climber in scrub jungle, south Chennai Herbarium specimen here: http://tropicos.org/Image/100186480
ANAPR01/01 Opilia amentacea Roxb. : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (11) Family: Opiliaceae Date: February and April 2016 Place: Turahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka Habit: Liana Habitat: Scrub forest Identified by: … Nice ones … All aspects visible like a mirror. very nice pictures of flowers and leaves. ANy fruits? now ot later? i found these can be lianas, vines and short shrub but even tree like… what a mixed up vine???? Thanks, …, for such detailed postings. These will certainly benefit the present & future generations. Thank you sir. Ma’am, in fact, in the same spot, there is one individual which has a thick stem is upright while another is scandent and has twined around the Ficus which is also growing on the rock. Regarding the fruits, I have been following up on this plant since February when I first spotted. Will definitely follow up on the fruits as well! great so your own observation supports what i had gleaned from reading up. will look forward to your finding the fruits.
22082017BHAR2 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) – 2 MB each. Found in Vandalur forest. Chennai. The fruits are eated by animals. Seeds are fully dominated with layer of flesh around it. Pl check for Opilia amentacea Cansjera rheedii? I think it matches with : Opilia amentacea …, The fruit color is red which is not matching with mine. Thanks … |
Opilia amentacea
Updated on December 24, 2024