EUPHORBIACEAE WEEK :: Phyllanthus emblica

Satish Phadke

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14 Mar 2011, 9:56:03 am14/03/11

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Phyllanthus emblica
Though the EUPHORBIACEAE WEEK is over I couldn't resist posting the good specimen of flowers which I observed yesterday in Smruti Udyan Pune.
Dr Phadke

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Gurcharan Singh

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14 Mar 2011, 10:10:16 am14/03/11

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Really nice photographs, Satish ji

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Prashant awale

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14 Mar 2011, 11:22:16 am14/03/11

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Yes, Nice photographs Satish ji.
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Prashant

Rashida Atthar

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14 Mar 2011, 11:34:35 am14/03/11

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If the pictures are so good, keep them coming Satish ji , thanks. These are also complementary to the wonderful ones uploaded by Dr. Gurcharan ji last week. Here the fimbriate bracts at the base of flowers are clearly seen and the distichous sub-sessile leaves. The bark peels off in conchoidal flakes ! (Can someone Please explain what exactly is the meaning of conchoidal ?).

Amlas are great to have in the field, dried, salted and sweetend ones.!! Family now is Phyllanthaceae : Phyllanthus emblica L.

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Rashida.

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Satish Phadke

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14 Mar 2011, 10:42:28 pm14/03/11

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Thanks Rashida ji
This is what I liked. Finding out some characters from the photographs.
As non botanists I am not conversant with handling herbarium specimens.Photographing can find at least some....
Dr Phadke

Muthu Karthick

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15 Mar 2011, 1:26:10 am15/03/11

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Dear Rashidaji,

con·choi·dal: Denoting a type of fracture in a solid (such as flint or quartz) that results in a smooth rounded surface resembling the shape of a scallop shell.

Dear Sathishji,

Did you checked with Phyllanthus indofischeri Bennet? It differs in size of leaf and no. of pairs in a rachis and fruit (wild) size.

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Rashida Atthar

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15 Mar 2011, 9:18:50 am15/03/11

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Thanks Muthu ji. Brandis has mentioned for this plant -pg 570 : as " bark greenish -gray, peeling off in conchoid scales, wood red, hard, med. rays broad, conspicuous on a vertical section". So the natural fracturing in the wood, bark would lead some sort of scales looking like scallop shell?!!