403 ID wild tree

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 27, 2022, 1:14:45 PM12/27/22

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Please ID wild tree, very rare, looks like Strychnos, kind regards, Sam.

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

Altitude: 1500fsl

Flower date: 27DEC2022, 02.30pm

Habitat: wild moisture, canopy

Plant habit: tree overgrown, erect branches, branchlets, hard woody stem 70 inches base circumference, rough brown lite-flaked bark

Height: 10 meters

Leaves: alternate, elliptic, acute, simple glossy, smooth upper epidermis, lite bitter taste, size upto:13×7cm

Flower: axillary micro spike racemose multiple, clustered, diameter:03.5mm, greenish yellow, non fragrant

Fruit:

Seed:

Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 27, 2022, 1:18:21 PM12/27/22

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J.M. Garg

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Dec 27, 2022, 6:03:32 PM12/27/22

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This appears to be Flacourtia montana as per
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:111663-1

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 27, 2022, 10:29:21 PM12/27/22

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Yes it is very close to Flacourtia montana, dear Garg ji, thank you very much for ID my plant dear Garg ji. I observed that the stamen of all flowers divided into 06, lengthy and thin than kew image. And my tree is not thorny.

I think it is dioecious, and female.

With kind regards, Sam.

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 27, 2022, 10:31:36 PM12/27/22

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Please check screen shot, KEW image let.

Kind regards, Sam.

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 27, 2022, 10:44:11 PM12/27/22

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A correction: stamen corrected to 'stigma'.

Kind regards, Sam.

J.M. Garg

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Dec 28, 2022, 12:38:51 AM12/28/22

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Yes, there may be variations.

Also check details at
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/salicaceae/flacourtia/flacourtia-montana

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 28, 2022, 6:40:53 AM12/28/22

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Ok dear Garg ji.

Thank you very much for sharing ID link with me. Local people confirmed the fruit image at KEW. They used tender fruits to making pickle and ripened for eating. I can't confirm the ID with images at efi because I didn't see male inflorescence.

With kind regards, Sam.

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