{"id":1383878,"date":"2011-04-17T08:51:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T08:51:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:47:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:17:43","slug":"elaeagnus-indica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/elaeagnus-indica\/","title":{"rendered":"Elaeagnus indica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elaeagnus<\/em> indica<\/i> Servett.<\/span>, Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 8: 393 1908<\/em>.;\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Woody climbers, densely covered with silvery scales, thorns axillary, straight, 1-2 cm long. Leaves 9-14 x 6-7.5 cm, ovate, apex acute, glabrous above, silvery-white below, nerves 5-7 pairs, indistinct. Flowers bisexual, 3-6 in axillary fascicles, pedicelled; perianth greenish white, 1 cm long, urceolate, gamotepalous, lobes 4, ovate; stamens 4, filaments free, broadened below, anthers transverse; ovary 1-celled, inferior, ovules solitary, style filiform, stigma lateral. Nut 2.6 x 1.2 cm, covered with thickened perianth base, reddish, fleshy. <\/font><\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: December-April<\/font><\/div>\n
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(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>)<\/p>\n
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Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Deciduous to Moist Deciduous<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
(attributions- G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram from India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>)\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Plant for ID 170611MK01<\/font><\/a>: Please help to ID this large shrub<\/font> found in Sirumalai, an offshoot mountains of Western ghats.<\/font>
Date\/Time- 11-05-2010 \/ 11:20 AM<\/font>
Location- Place, Altitude, GPca.1600asl; Dindigul, TN
<\/font>Habitat- Garden\/ Urban\/ Wild\/ Type- wild<\/font>
Plant Habit-small tree
Height\/Length- ca. 3 M
Leaves Type\/ Shape\/ Size- 8 x 2 cm
Inflorescence Type\/ Size- axillary; cyme
Flowers Size\/ Colour\/ Calyx\/ Bracts- 1.5 x 0.5 cm; yellow<\/font> <\/p>\n
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On examination, I feel it matches with Elaeagnus<\/span> indica<\/span> <\/i>Serv. as per high resolution specimens at GBIF<\/font><\/a> & Flora of peninsular India<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
It looks different from other observations at Elaeagnus conferta<\/em> Roxb.<\/font><\/a>\u00a0in the shape and colour of the inflorescence and flowering period (as it is flowering in May).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-5<\/a>: <\/span>Elaeagnus indica<\/em>, a wild edible fruit<\/font>, from Sirumalai hills.<\/font> I wanted you to see the seed, so i finished the pulp. It tasted somewhat sour & sweet.<\/font> <\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/strong>…, kindly check the last photograph. It is from Apiaceae.<\/p>\n

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yes\u00a0… most likely. looks similar to sounf or mauri<\/p>\n

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To me the seeds in last image appears to be OK and not from Apiaceae<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/<\/font>efloraofindia\/species\/a—l\/e\/<\/font>elaeagnaceae\/elaeagnus<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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I’ll report back, … I’ll check it myself again. I have relished it many times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ok<\/p>\n

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Seeds belong to\u00a0Elaeagnus<\/em> !<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Convinced, Sir\u00a0<\/p>\n

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PLEASE ID THE CLIMBER<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0IT IS CLIMBER WITH WHITE FRUIT<\/font>. IT IS ON HIGHER ELEVATION. PLEASE HELP IN ID. <\/p>\n
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<\/span>It may be Elaeagnus indica<\/em>, if the leaves are silvery-white beneath. <\/p>\n

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Fruits of it are very tasty.<\/font> <\/p>\n

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It look like Elaeagnus conferta<\/em> Roxb. [Syn. E. latifolia<\/em> auct. (non Linn.)]. A large, branched, usually scandent shrub, often running over trees. Leaves variable, broadly elliptiv or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate apex, upper surface pale green, clothed with small whitish seals. lower surface silvery white. Flowers usually many in cluster.
Perianth covered with silvery scales. fruit nearly 2 cm long. edible.<\/font> <\/span><\/div>\n
Villagers make pickle of the fruits… <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n


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can be seen in Mahableshwar, Matheran, Khandala, Nasik, Ahmednagar etc in Maharashtra..<\/font> <\/span><\/div>\n
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It is Elaeagnus conferta<\/em> Roxb. <\/span><\/div>\n

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.. may be right. But my id was based on this ref (screen shot attached). Would love to know the differences. <\/p><\/div>\n

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It may not be Elaeagnus conferta<\/em>. Could be Elaeagnus indica<\/em>. For E.c. leaves are longer (fruits are edible, size vary from 1.5-2 cm long, taste like tamarind)<\/font> http:\/\/nbranaikatti.blogspot.com\/search?q=+Elaeagnus+<\/font><\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n

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I agree with …. This is Elaeagnus indica<\/em> of Elaeagnaceae<\/em> family….. Would you please tell me what was the color under the leaves\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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References:<\/span><\/div>\n
Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a>\u00a0 Herbarium JCB – IISc<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n


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Elaeagnus indica Servett., Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 8: 393 1908.;\u00a0 India as per Catalogue of Life; \u00a0 Woody climbers, densely covered with silvery scales, thorns axillary, straight, 1-2 cm long. Leaves 9-14 x 6-7.5 cm, ovate, apex acute, glabrous above, silvery-white below, nerves 5-7 pairs, indistinct. Flowers bisexual, 3-6 in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4998],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1383878","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-elaeagnus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1383878","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=1383878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1383878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1383878"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1383878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}