{"id":1440865,"date":"2021-04-12T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1440865"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:44:37","slug":"pittosporum-podocarpum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/pittosporum-podocarpum\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittosporum podocarpum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittosporum podocarpum\u00a0<\/i>Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 211 (1939)<\/em> (syn: Pittosporum glabratum<\/i>\u00a0var.\u00a0angustifolium<\/i> E. Pritz.; Pittosporum glabratum<\/i>\u00a0var.\u00a0ciliicalyx<\/i> Franch.; Pittosporum monanthum<\/i> C. Y. Wu);
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\nE. Himalaya to S. Central China and Vietnam: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Vietnam<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nChina (Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE-Yunnan), Tibet, Myanmar [Burma], N-Vietnam,<\/span> Sikkim, India (Assam, Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya) as per CoL<\/a>;
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Shrubs about 1-3 m tall.<\/span> Bark pale gray brown to pale blackish, branches lenticellate, shoots and branchlets whorled, puberulent with tufted glandular hairs. Leaves simple, opposite, alternate or whorled, obovate-oblanceolate to oblong, about 5-15 x 2-4 cm across, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire, apex acute to acuminate, coriaceous, shining, glossy, glabrous above, paler beneath, midrib impressed above and slightly prominent beneath, lateral veins about 4-8 pairs, faint on both sides, veinlets finely reticulate, petiole canaliculated, about 5-16 mm long, stipules absent. Inflorescence in pedunculate terminal or pseudoterminal compound umbels, 1-4 flowered, densely pubescent or glabrescent, bracts small, caducous. Flowers bisexual, pale yellow, buds oblong, about 3-4 mm across, pedicels about 5-8 mm long, sepals 5, subequal, lanceolate-ovate, slightly connate at the base, margins minutely ciliate or glabrous, apex subacute, about 3 x 1-1.5 mm across, petals 5, clawed, linear oblong, apex obtuse, usually ligulate, about 8-16 x 2-3 mm across. Stamens 5, free, alternate to petals, filaments glabrous, about 5 mm long, anthers sagittate, dorsifixed, oblong, about 1-1.5 mm long, ovary superior, densely brown tomentose, about 3 mm across, carpels 2-3, ovules 8-10, unilocular with pariental placentae usually equaling the number of carpels, styles glabrous, about 4 mm long, stigma capitate. Fruit capsule, subglobose-oblong, with persistent style, ribbed or wrinkled, dehiscing with 2-3 valves, about 2-3.5 x 1.5 mm across, pericarp thin leathery. Seeds 3-4, oblong-ovoid, about 8 x 5 mm across, irregularly compressed, embedded with resinous pulp, pale reddish orange, attached by funicles after dehiscence.<\/span>
\nForests of Eastern and Northeastern Himalayas, altitude 1000-2000 m.<\/span>
\n(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India.; Kailash, B. R., ATREE, Bangalore, India.; Royal Norwegian Embassy grants. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nSpecies from Meghalaya for ID<\/span><\/a> : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Posting the pictures from Upper Shillong area of Meghalaya for ID. Photographed in May 2018.<\/span><\/div>\n
Plant is a small sparsely branched shrub<\/span>, with light yellow flowers. Flowers non-fragrant.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I think it is Schoepfia fragrans<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I think the plant has been correctly identified as Schoepfia fragrans..<\/i><\/p>\n

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Looks different from other images at Schoepfia fragrans<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and as per the following:<\/div>\n
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it has Jasmine like fragrance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The flowers have a resemblance to Murraya<\/i> flowers like Murraya paniculata<\/i>. Need to check further.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Please referb to the link:<\/p>\n

SK284DEC30-2016:ID<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some differences are apparent in flower. Cannot make out the\u00a0 difference in leaves properly.<\/p>\n

Maybe will have to reexamine the specimen again.<\/div>\n
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Thanks for bringing out the difference<\/p>\n

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On further examination I also feel it to be Schoepfia fragrans<\/em> Wall.<\/span><\/a><\/span>, as initially suggested by …<\/p>\n

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\nRevisiting the ID of this plant.<\/div>\n
The plant is\u00a0Pittosporum podocarpum<\/em>\u00a0(Pittosporaceae).<\/em><\/div>\n
It is\u00a0not <\/u>Schoepfia fragrans<\/em> as initially thought.<\/div>\n
Ovary hairy. Seeds with orange-red aril<\/span> seen (photograph attached- unfortunately not very sharp).
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References:\u00a0POWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0Tropicos<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0 FOC illustration<\/a> \u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Useful Tropical Plants<\/a>\u00a0 FPCN<\/a>\u00a0 Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pittosporum podocarpum\u00a0Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 211 (1939) (syn: Pittosporum glabratum\u00a0var.\u00a0angustifolium E. Pritz.; Pittosporum glabratum\u00a0var.\u00a0ciliicalyx Franch.; Pittosporum monanthum C. Y. Wu); . E. Himalaya to S. Central China and Vietnam: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Vietnam as per POWO; . China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE-Yunnan),…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5218],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1440865","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-pittosporum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1440865","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1440865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1440865"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1440865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}