Meliosma pinnata subsp. barbulata (Cufod.) Beusekom ex Welzen (syn: Meliosma pinnata subsp. barbulata (Cufod.) Beus.; Meliosma pinnata var. barbulata (Cufod.) Welzen; Meliosma rhoifolia var. barbulata (Cufod.) Y. W. Law; Meliosma rhoifolia subsp. barbulata Cufod.) as per Catalogue of life; China (Fujian, N-Guangdong, NE-Guangxi, E-Guizhou, Hunan, E-Jiangxi, SW-Zhejiang), Thailand, Laos, India (West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of life; Common name: Indian Compound-Leaf Meliosma • Kannada: Huli Makay, Hulimukki • Malayalam: Kalavi, Kalyavi, Thakiri • Tamil: Thagari, Hulimakai, Kusavi Vernacular names : Tamil: Kusavi, Thagari, Habit– Trees up to 18 m tall. Trunk\bark– Bark brownish, lenticellate; blaze pink with orange speckles. Branchlets– Young branchlets stout, angular to subterete, lenticellate, rusty tomentose. Leaves– Leaves compound, imparipinnate, alternate, spiral; rachis terete, rusty tomentose, pulvinate; petiolule 0.2- 1.5 cm long, rusty tomentose; leaflets 3-7 pairs with one terminal leaflet, subopposite or opposite, 6.5-15 x 2.5-5 cm, lanceolate to ovate-oblong, apex gradually acuminate, base asymmetric and acute or rounded, margin entire, sometimes remotely dentate, thinly coriaceous, tomentose on nerves beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves ascending; tertiary nerves coarsely reticulate. Flowers– Inflorescence terminal and axillary panicles, tomentose; flowers greenish, sessile. Fruit& seed– Drupe, globose, 0.5 cm across; seed one, smooth. Trees in medium and high elevation evergreen forests between 800 and 1800 m. Indomalaysia and China; in the Western Ghats- South Sahyadri and Central Sahyadri (Palakkad, Nilgiri and Bababudangiri hills).
Fwd: [efloraofindia:158849] Fwd: Spondias sp.?- plants for identification : Attachments (6). Please help me to identify this tree planted along the road in NIlgiris. I took this picture from a distance. Is this any Spondias sp.? Date: 20 June 2013 Place: Kotagiri – kodanad road, Nilgiris, TN Alt.: 1900 m asl This is Meliosma pinnata It is Meliosma pinnata Thanks, …, Should we take it as Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Walp. ssp. barbulata (Cufod.) Beus. as per Biotik ? I think Meliosma pinnata is fine http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Meliosma+pinnata MS Jan./2016/01 for tree for ID : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Habit : large & tall, straight, tree Wood : soft, not used. Habitat : Wild Location : Thingsai, Mizoram Altitude : ca. 1,350 m. Date : 12/01/2016 Araliaceae? To me it seems to be Ailanthus grandis (BORPAT in Assam and DIANGCHAO in Khasi). Fruits are not same. Fruit of A. grandis is winged (samara). ? No more comments. Perhaps Meliosma? Doesn’t look Araliaceae to me. Meliosma species so far in efi Has it been identified ? May I request you to pl. post high resolution of 1st and 2nd image. What are the species of Meliosma listed in your area ?
1. Meliosma henryi ssp. mannii. 2. Meliosma pinnata ssp. barbulata, and M.pinnata ssp. pinnata are found in Mizoram. Not yet identify this tree sir. Attachments (2) – 6 mb each. I think it should be Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Maxim. subsp. barbulata (Cufod.) Beusekom, M. D. Dassanayake & F. R. Fosberg as per details and references herein and as per keys in Flora of China.
References: Catalogue of life POWO The Plant List Ver.1.1 Biotik GRIN Flora of China FoC illustration India Biodiversity Portal Flowers of India Flora of Peninsular India The Plant List (Meliosma rhoifolia subsp. barbulata Cufod. as syn. of Meliosma rhoifolia var. barbulata (Cufod.) Y.W. Law) |
Meliosma pinnata ssp. barbulata
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