Ziziphus sp. & Pierrot butterfly :: Hooghly, West Bengal (indiantreepix@googlegroups.com)

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• Ziziphus sp. & Pierrot butterfly :: Hooghly, West Bengal

Sir,

Jujube or Indian date (Indian plum) tree is a larval food plant of some Pierrot (Tarucus sp.) butterflies. Found some butterflies today basking under such a jujube tree.

Species :

Plant : Ziziphus ziziphus (syn. Ziziphus jujuba)

Bengali name : KUL(KOOL) GACH

Butterfly : Tarucus sp. (possibly Tarucus extricatus)

Date : 21/03/2012, 9.45 a.m.

Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB

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courtship ?	UN view
UP view	courtship ?

larval food plant

leaves

fruits (favourite for kids and teenagers)

underside of the leaves (note the prickle)

bark

tree (wild variety)

Thank you & Regards,

Surajit Koley

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Surajit ji

Ziziphus ziziphus can't be a correct name as it is a tautonym. The Indian Ber is more commonly named as Z. mauritiana Lamk. (syn: Z. jujuba (L.) Lamk.) distinct from Z. jujuba Mill.

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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[surajit koley]

Thank you Sir for throwing lights on the correct scientific name of the Indian Ber tree. I am wondering if we have the Z. jujuba Mill. here. How do i differentiate one from the other?

Regards,

Surajit

[Neil Soares]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14szNciqkW1_zjNTr7blF0mHl5___rCcYl76isSPoJ20/edit --- On Thu, 3/22/12, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

[surajit koley]

Wonderful capture Sir..... just great!

Regards,

Surajit

[Gurcharan Singh]

Surajit ji

Z. jujuba Mill. is Chinese jujube or Chinese date, mainly a temperate species, with leaves glabrous beneath, longer stipular spine up to 3 cm long, petiole shorter than 5 mm and glabrous, fruit ovoid or oblong 2-3.5 cm long

Z. mauritiana is Indian jujube or Indian plum is mainly a species of warmer climates, leaves tomentose beneath, longer stipular spine 5-7 mm long, petiole 5-15 mm long and tomentose. It has two varieties the cultivated var. mauritiana a tree with 6-9 cm long leaves and ovoid 2.5-3.5 cm long fruit and var. spontanea (Edgew.) R.R. Stewart ex Qaiser & Nazim, a wild shrub with 2-3 cm long leaves and globose 1-1.5 cm long fruits.   

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[surajit koley]

Sir,

Thank you for these identification keys to the both species of Ziziphus. I think i would be able to identify them correctly from now on.

Regards,

Surajit Koley