{"id":1259269,"date":"2020-06-06T11:44:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T11:44:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:32:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:02:08","slug":"olax-nana","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/olax-nana\/","title":{"rendered":"Olax nana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Olax<\/i> nana<\/i> Wall. ex Benth., Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1: 88 1840<\/em>.;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), Sikkim,
\nIndia (Darjeeling, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal
\nPradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh), Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh<\/font> as per Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a>;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Low undershrubs, up to 60 cm tall;<\/font> stem upright, green, ribbed; rootstock woody. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, subsessile; lamina ca. 3-7x 0.6-1.4 cm, oblong-lanceolate, rounded at base, acute at apex, entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, deep green above, midrib prominent on under-surface. Flowers axillary, solitary, creamy or whitish; pedicels ca. 1.2 cm long, slender; calyx ca. 0.8 mm in length, shallow, margin truncate to irregularly and finely lobed, hyaline; petals 3, ca. 5.5-6.5 mm long, oblong lanceolate, with inturned margin; fertile stamens 3, included, each situated at the centre of a petal; anthers ca. 1.5 mm long, oblong-ovate, not appendaged; filaments rather broad; staminodes 6, glabrous, a pair on each side of the fertile stamen, ca. 2.5 mm long, and exceeding the stamens; ovary ca. 0.9 mm long, ovoid; style terminal, ca. 1.3-2 mm long. Drupes ca. 6 mm across, yellow when ripe, subglobose, apiculate, nearly covered by the accrescent calyx.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

In drier places, ascending to 1600 m.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
(Attributions- Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Identification of Plants<\/a> : 7 posts by 3 authors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

I have collected a specimen from Rajasthan<\/font> but not it is identified. Kindly help me for identification of this species.<\/p>\n
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Thanks, … Image is not clear. Do you have any other images ? If so, pl. post. Do you have any idea about the family etc. ?<\/p>\n
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Please find enclosed herewith some more images for identification. Thank You for your quick response and kind support.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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Osyris alba<\/em>, Santalaceae<\/em> member,<\/p>\n
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Please check this may be Olax nana<\/em>\u00a0<\/div>\n
As I discussed with friend\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Thanks, …, for the id.<\/div>\n
To me also appears close to Olax nana<\/em> as per GBIF<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Specimen<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 POWO<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Research gate<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Pakistan<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 FoP illustration<\/font><\/a> <\/div>\n
Looks different from Osyris alba<\/em>, which has no distribution in India and nearby as per Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a> and POWO<\/font><\/a> and as per GBIF<\/font><\/a>\u00a0and Wikipedia<\/font><\/a> <\/div>\n
Also looks different from Osyris quadripartita<\/em><\/font><\/a>, found in India, as per details\u00a0herein.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Please check the Olax<\/em> species.<\/p>\n
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Thank you very much for comments,\u00a0<\/div>\n
The specimen has been corresponding to BSI for authentic identification.\u00a0<\/div>\n
I am waiting for their comments.<\/p>\n
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Ok, … We will be waiting for your confirmation.<\/p>\n
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<\/font>Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Tropicos<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>IPNI<\/a>
\n\u00a0GBIF<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Specimen<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 POWO<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Research gate<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Pakistan<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 FoP illustration<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Flora of peninsular India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Plant illustrations<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Olax nana Wall. ex Benth., Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1: 88 1840.; Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab), Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), Sikkim, India (Darjeeling, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh), Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; Low undershrubs, up to 60 cm…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6042],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1259269","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-olax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1259269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1259269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1259269"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1259269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}