Atalantia wightii – eFlora of India

September 27, 2020
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Atalantia

Atalantia wightii Yu.Tanaka, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 75: 714 1928. (syn: Atalantia ovalifolia Tanaka);

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India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life;

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Shrubs, branchlets minutely hispid. Leaves 8-11 x 3-5 cm, ovate, apex rounded or emarginate, base acute, glabrous. Raceme to 1 cm long, axillary, pedicels 5 mm long, hispid. Flowers to 12 mm across; sepals 2 mm long, ovate, acute, ciliate; petals white, to 9 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse; stamens 8, filaments 4 mm long, inner ones smaller; style 5 mm long.

Flowering and fruiting: March-June

Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests

Indo-Malesia

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

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Id please – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 1 image.

Is it Atalantia racemosa?
Location: Geddesal (Sathy)
Altitude: 1300m
Forest type: sholas
Habit: small, thorny tree.

Leaves looks more like Atalantia monophylla, sir.

Atalantia monophylla commonly known as Indian Atlantia

Thanks for the ID.
But the plant have regularly lobed calyx and growing on the high altitude areas (above 1000m).

Taking it Atalantia racemosa Wight ex Hook. as … stated that the plant have regularly lobed calyx.

It may be Atalantia wightii Tanaka, berry is ellipsoid as per Kerala Plants.

May I request you to pl. confirm this as Atalantia wightii Tanaka or otherwise as per GBIF– Specimen.

I am not sure but based on elevation and habit its most likely to be Atalantia wightii

Kerala Plants.in ??

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References: Catalogue of Life POWO The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI GBIF Specimen Kerala Plants Flora of peninsular India India Biodiversity Portal

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