{"id":1420192,"date":"2013-12-30T07:21:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T07:21:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:04:10","slug":"blachia-andamanica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/blachia-andamanica\/","title":{"rendered":"Blachia andamanica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blachia<\/i> andamanica<\/i> (Kurz) Hook.f.<\/span><\/font><\/a>, Fl. Brit. India 5: 403 1887<\/em>. (Syn: Codiaeum<\/i> andamanicum<\/i> Kurz<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Dimorphocalyx<\/i> andamanicus<\/i> (Kurz) Benth.<\/span><\/font><\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blachia<\/i> chunii<\/i> P.T.Li<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Blachia<\/i> philippinensis<\/i> Merr.<\/span><\/font><\/a>);\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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Blachia andamanica (Euphorbiaceae)<\/a> :\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Attachments<\/span> (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
This photo of Blachia andamanica<\/em> (Kurz) Hook.f. ssp. andamanica<\/em> <\/strong>was taken by Dr. P. G. Diwakar in the Andaman Islands.\u00a0 <\/font><\/div>\n
It is a common shrub growing along edges of inland forests at low altitudes.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Thanks a lot, …, For bringing these beauties to eFI & showing to us.<\/p>\n
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Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Myrtaceae- Syzygium diospyrifolium at Andaman -PKA-DEC43::<\/font><\/a> :\u00a0<\/span>4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments<\/span> (7<\/span>)<\/font><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
Myrtaceae<\/em> sp from Baratang (Andaman & Nicobar).<\/font>
Date\/Time: 22-12-2010 \/ 10:00AM<\/font>\u00a0
Habitat: Wild<\/font><\/p>\n
Bot. name:\u00a0Syzygium diospyrifolium<\/em><\/p>\n
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makes me wonder if it grown in the sunderbans? and can we sometimes taste it?<\/p>\n
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Blachia andamanica<\/em> subsp. andamanica<\/em> as per another thread: Flora of Andaman25-080111-PKA2<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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Flora of Andaman25-080111-PKA2<\/font><\/a>: Shrub from Baratang (Andaman & Nicobar).<\/font> <\/p>\n
Date\/Time: 22-12-2010 \/ 10:00AM
<\/font>Location: On the way to Lime stone cave (Baratang), Andaman & Nicobar.
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Plant Habit: Shrub (2 m)
<\/font>Flowers were Greenish White in colour<\/font>. Appearance wise looking like\u00a0Garcinia<\/em> sp.?? <\/p>\n
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Could this be some species of Eugenia<\/em>. wild guess<\/p>\n
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Syzygium diospyrifolium<\/em> (Wall. ex Duthie) S.N.Mitra<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It looks different to me on perusing the herbarium specimen as below:<\/span><\/div>\n
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This may not be Syzygium<\/em><\/span> (leaves are alternate). Possibly a species of Euphorbiaceae<\/em>. Try in Trigonostemon<\/em> or Blachia<\/em><\/div>\n

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… is right. This is Blachia andamanica<\/em> subsp. andamanica<\/em> of the Euphorbiaceae.<\/div>\n

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The Plant List 1<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0WCSP1<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List 2<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>WCSP2<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Encyclopedia of Life<\/a> (Specimen) <\/span><\/p>\n

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Blachia andamanica (Kurz) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 403 1887. (Syn: Codiaeum andamanicum Kurz; Dimorphocalyx andamanicus (Kurz) Benth.;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blachia chunii P.T.Li; Blachia philippinensis Merr.);\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Blachia andamanica (Euphorbiaceae) :\u00a0\u00a0Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. This photo of Blachia andamanica (Kurz) Hook.f. ssp. andamanica was taken by Dr. P. G. Diwakar…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8618],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1420192","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-blachia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1420192","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=1420192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1420192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1420192"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1420192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}