Thank you so much Garg ji. Regards Alka Khare
On Sunday, 31 August 2025 at 1:25:14 pm UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: > Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012849> > gives the following description for *Reissantia indica* (Willdenow) N. > Hallé: > Lianas; branchlets green, early slightly quadrangular, then cylindric, > glabrous. *Petiole 1-1.5 cm, grooved; leaf blade ovate, ovate-elliptic, > or rarely lanceolate, 3.5-7(-10) × 2.5-4(-5) cm, papery, base cuneate, > distal margin sparsely denticulate, apex subacute; lateral veins 5 or 6 > pairs, slender, reticulate veins horizontally spreading.* Cymes 3-5 cm; > bracts lanceolate, margin sparingly ciliolate; pedicel 8-10 mm. Flowers > green-white; sepals ovate-deltoid, ca. 1 mm, membranous, margin irregularly > denticulate; petals oblong-deltoid, ca. 1.5 mm. Stamens longer than style; > anthers slightly square. Ovary with 4 ovules per locule; style > subtriangular. *Fruits 1-3-fascicled capsules; capsule narrowly > oblong-elliptic, 3-4 × 1-1.5 cm, apex emarginate. *Seeds 2, ca. 2.5 cm, > wing apex emarginate. > > For *Loeseneriella arnottiana*, FOI > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Malabar%20Paddle-Pod.html> > gives the following description: > *Leaves are ovate-elliptic, 10 - 18 x 4 - 7.5 cm, pointed at tip, base > blunt, leathery, entire or faintly rounded toothed; venation netveined, > prominent. *Flowers are borne in cymes in leaf-axils, about 8 mm across. > Calyx is 5-lobed; sepals triangular, entire, hairless. Petals are 5, round, > with narrow claw, hairless, fringed. *Fruit is a samara, narrowly oblong, > 8 x 2.5 cm, blunt, striped*. > > Also see descriptions and details at > > https://bsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/Public_Information/publication/books/Flora%20of%20India%20latest/FLORA%20OF%20INDIA%20VOL.5.pdf > > https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=4827&cat=7 > > https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=4822&cat=7 > > Sometimes conflicting descriptions and details. > So best to go by distribution. In Maharashtra, only *Reissantia indica* > (Willdenow) > N. Hallé is reported as per above links. > So take it as *Reissantia indica* (Willdenow) N. Hallé. > Other observations at id of the tree > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Reissantia$20AND$20indica%7Csort:date%7Cspell:true/indiantreepix/TadoR5X_hZo> > may also be of *Reissantia indica* (Willdenow) N. Hallé > > > > > > > On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 at 10:17, Alka Khare <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes Saroj ji >> >> I had checked this but could not make up my mind if it was L. arnottiana >> or Reissantia indica. >> >> Regards >> Alka Khare >> >> On Saturday, 23 August 2025 at 9:39:45 am UTC+5:30 Saroj Kasaju wrote: >> >>> >>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://efloraofindia.com/efi/loeseneriella-arnottiana/&ved=2ahUKEwixsou-h6CPAxV9fWwGHRmGJ60Qh-wKegQIGBAD&usg=AOvVaw220LRk7O6-ErxC-hauAbtf >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM Alka Khare <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> One more >>>> >>>> On Saturday, 23 August 2025 at 8:06:41 am UTC+5:30 Alka Khare wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello friends >>>>> >>>>> This tree was seen by the roadside in the Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH >>>>> in Aug 2025. >>>>> Is this Loeseneriella arnottiana? >>>>> >>>>> Requested to please provide ID. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Alka Khare >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/3c9a3049-e041-4e25-828a-4c3e9c5fcb7fn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/3c9a3049-e041-4e25-828a-4c3e9c5fcb7fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "eFloraofIndia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fecdfc78-299f-491d-a167-b4affff293d9n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fecdfc78-299f-491d-a167-b4affff293d9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg, > https://efloraofindia.com/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/c34f8ffd-60f8-4868-9f21-37e1efa7f21cn%40googlegroups.com.
