EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT : Phyllanthaceae : RVS-6

[Vijayasankar]

EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT

Phyllanthus indofischeri Bennet

Synonym(s):
Emblica fischeri Gamble
Phyllanthus cecilfischeri J.L.Ellis

Collected from: Talakona, AP.

 

Regards 

Vijayasankar

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

I am very happy seeing such nice photos.

T. Chakrabarty.

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[Vijayasankar]

Thank you so much Tapas ji.
And, we are lucky to have you here coordinating this episode. It is a great learning experience for all of us. We are also delighted to see your fullest involvement, dedication and passion. Hats off to you!

 

Regards 

Vijayasankar

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Satish Phadke]

Looks very similar to Phyllanthus emblica. May I know the difference?

Dr Satish Phadke

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

Leaves usually 100 or more pairs per branchlet, closely distichous and often overlapping, linear-oblong, 3 - 20 x 1 - 5 mm; petioles 0.4 - 1 mm long                                                             2. P. emblica    Leaves up to 50 pairs per branchlet, not closely distichous, not overlapping, only touching each other, oblong, oblong-elliptic to linear-oblong, 10 - 25 x 2 - 10 mm; petioles 1 - 3 mm long                                                                                              3. P. indofischeri

T. Chakrabarty.

[Vijayasankar]

Thanks Tapas ji, for the key.

P. indofischeri is pretty common in the dry deciduous forests in KA, TN & AP. Yes, the two species look similar, but distinguishable, and they found growing in similar habitats. In fact, P. indofischeri is more common in few forests such as BRT hills in KA and some pockets of Javvadhu hills in TN and of course in AP, too. 

Local tribes prefer the fruits of P. indofischeri over P. emblica due to the larger size and probably better(?) taste are are less fibrous.

 

Regards 

Vijayasankar

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Satish Phadke]

Thanks for the details.

So both are edible "Amlas"

Dr Satish Phadke

[Prashant Awale]

Nice presentation Vijayasankar ji.

Regards

Prashant

[Nidhan Singh]

Thanks a lot Vijayasankar Ji and Tapas Ji for nice pics and interesting information...

[Alka Khare]

Hello Vijaya ji

I liked the presentation of the photos. It is similar to what Dinesh ji does for his photos.

Could you please elaborate how did you insert these pics in the message body. I can only attach the pics and cannot insert them.

Would be very thankful...

Regards

Alka Khare

[Vijayasankar]

Thank you all for your appreciative comments.

Alka ji, I just copied Dinesh ji's style of presentation. He helped me with the html codes.

It is very helpful to me to share pictures from my flickr account without a need to actually insert/attach images.
This way, by design, I am also forced to provide complete botanical name with author citation etc., which is good :)
The concept & design belongs to Dinesh ji!

 

Regards 

Vijayasankar

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi