245 ID wild plant Rauvolfia sp.

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 6, 2022, 4:14:14 AM1/6/22

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Dear Members,

Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam

Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Dist. Kerala PIN:685607

Altitude: 1500fsl

Flower date: 25.10.2021, 01.20pm

Habitat: wild, moisture, waste land, roadside

Plant habit: small shrub, creeping, erect branches, hard stem 03 inches base diameter, perennial

Height: 04.5 feet

Leaves: whorled (03), ovate, oblong, apex, wavy margins, soft glossy, size:15×6cm or less

Flower: axillary racemose, clustered, diameter:10mm, white with purple shade, non fragrant

Fruit: drupe globular green into black diameter:11mm, edible sweet

Seed: black single, ovoid pear shaped size:6×4mm

Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s

245 Identify wild plant

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 6, 2022, 4:20:25 AM1/6/22

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 6, 2022, 4:24:16 AM1/6/22

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This plant have latex, sharing more images.

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 6, 2022, 4:26:45 AM1/6/22

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Saroj Kasaju

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Jan 6, 2022, 5:42:14 AM1/6/22

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Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.??

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 3:11 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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On Thu, 6 Jan 2022, 2:53 pm Sam Kuzhalanattu, <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:
This plant have latex, sharing more images.

On Thu, 6 Jan 2022, 2:49 pm Sam Kuzhalanattu, <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2022, 2:43 pm Sam Kuzhalanattu, <samkuzh...@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Members,
Please ID wild plant, kind regards, Sam
Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Dist. Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 25.10.2021, 01.20pm
Habitat: wild, moisture, waste land, roadside
Plant habit: small shrub, creeping, erect branches, hard stem 03 inches base diameter, perennial
Height: 04.5 feet
Leaves: whorled (03), ovate, oblong, apex, wavy margins, soft glossy, size:15×6cm or less
Flower: axillary racemose, clustered, diameter:10mm, white with purple shade, non fragrant
Fruit: drupe globular green into black diameter:11mm, edible sweet
Seed: black single, ovoid pear shaped size:6×4mm
Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 6, 2022, 7:48:24 AM1/6/22

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Flower is not matching dear Garg ji, center of my flower is closed, with kind regards, Sam.

J.M. Garg

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Jan 10, 2022, 4:38:03 AM1/10/22

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Appears close to images at Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 10, 2022, 10:49:20 AM1/10/22

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Dear Garg ji,

My ID request 179 is Rauvolfia serpentina, I am sure that this plant have something difference, so it is not Rauvolfia serpentina, please check collage, 2nd row is 179, with kind regards, Sam.

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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Jan 10, 2022, 11:19:54 AM1/10/22

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I agree with Saroj ji for Rauvolfia verticellata,

not only vegetative characters fruit also ovoid.....verticellata

Fruit globose.........serpentaiana.

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Saroj Kasaju

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Jan 11, 2022, 7:10:11 AM1/11/22

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Thank you Paradesi Ji !

Saroj Kasaju

J.M. Garg

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Jan 14, 2022, 9:46:12 AM1/14/22

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What is worrying me is the protruding style (?) and pinkish throat which I do not see in Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.

There is another species i.e. Rauvolfia hookeri reported from Kerala as per FoPI.

But I do not find much material or keys to verify or otherwise. Pl. see:
https://www.gbif.org/species/3617946

https://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/1769886

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J.M. Garg

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Jan 18, 2022, 1:25:15 AM1/18/22

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Any feedback w.r.t. the protruding style (?) and pinkish throat which I do not see in Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.?

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Jan 18, 2022, 2:26:41 AM1/18/22

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Dear All,

The plant in question is Rauvolfia micrantha Hook.f., a critically endangered and endemic species of Kerala. Attached another photographs here.

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Jan 18, 2022, 2:30:21 AM1/18/22

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Thank you very much dear Garg ji for provide the link, Santhosh ji confirmed it as Rauvolfia micrantha Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India

With kind regards, Sam.

J.M. Garg

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Jan 18, 2022, 2:54:18 AM1/18/22

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Thanks a lot, Santhosh ji

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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