vine : Stephania japonica ? from Hooghly 20/7/12 SK

[surajit koley]

Sir / Madam,

This is another very common roadside vine, often intertwined with other climbers like Tiliacora acuminata Miers. It maybe the Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers, as in -

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008451
   
2. http://www.mpbd.info/plants/stephania-japonica.php#.UAmDU2GO1gA
   
3. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tape%20Vine.html
   
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephania_japonica
   
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-20600011
   

Species : UNKNOWN

Habit & Habitat : slender climber, very common on roadside

Date : 4/7/12, 11.52 A.M.

Place : Hooghly

I am yet to find its flowers or fruits, for i was not interested in plants.

Thank you & regards,

Surajit Koley

[Satish Phadke]

I have not seen this so far but yes it does appear to be Stephania japonica.
Wikipedia mentions it as found near sea....that is the reason it may not be that common in Maharashtra esp Pune( Or I have not observed it yet )

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Dr Satish Phadke

[surajit koley]

Sir,

Thank you once again for the probable ID, i am looking forward to get its flower or fruits.

Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Sir,

Recorded these pics yesterday, 26/7/12 @ 9.47 A.M., at another place from another vine. Again, this climber to remained intertwined with other climbers, Tinospora cordifolia & Coccinia grandis.

Regards,

surajit

[jmgarg1]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:      

“I have not seen this so far but yes it does appear to be Stephania japonica.
Wikipedia mentions it as found near sea....that is the reason it may not be that common in Maharashtra esp Pune( Or I have not observed it yet )” from Satish ji.                       

 

“Thank you once again for the probable ID, i am looking forward to get its flower or fruits.

Regards,
surajit”

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[surajit koley]

Thank you Garg Sir for making this post relevant again.

I searched previous group posts of Stephania japonica and found these-

• post by Muthu Ji - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/uqkdCpUTUT8/discussion
• by Prashanth Ji - https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/stephania$20japonica/indiantreepix/PM8UeJo6bY4/Szwy3YCOljUJ
• Raju Ji's post - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/kKnqeqyHp9U/discussion
• a discussion - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/-lZ-rNP974o/discussion

Also some info or pics from the google search-

1. a herbarium - http://www.kew.org/herbcatimg/274069.jpg
2. http://www.noosanativeplants.com.au/plants/458/stephania-japonica
   
3. a variety of S. japonica - http://keys.trin.org.au:8080/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Stephania_japonica_var._japonica.htm
4. another variety - http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Stephania_japonica_var._timoriensis.htm
5. another herbarium - http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Stephania~japonica

With regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Sir,

Recorded some pictures today of a twiner that i think is the same species in this thread.

Thank you & Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Sir,

Attaching seed images of the same plant, recorded today.

Thank you & Regards,

surajit

[ushadi Micromini]

Very well done
knew you were persistent and we got to see this rarely seen flowering and then seeds
thanks

usha di

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Usha di
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[surajit koley]

Thank you very much Usha Di, i also wanted to know which Stephania is this.

Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Garg Sir,

Please change this id to Stephania japonica var. discolor (Blume) Forman, as in my another post - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/rSLlHVKjymc/discussion.

I re-checked the seeds of this species too, i have its herbarium, cleaned one of the seeds thoroughly, and there is a perforation in the centre, which i missed earlier.

Thank you,

Regards,

surajit

[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

What a wonderful depiction! I really appreciate your efforts Surajit ji. Thanks for sharing!

Best regards,

Ritesh.

[surajit koley]

Good morning Ritesh Ji

Thank you very much for confirming. As i look back to my progress i realize that i still forget to record finer details of a plant, like stipules, under surface of a leaf, smell of a flower etc.

Regards,

surajit

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