DV :: 30MAR11 - 1228 :: near Abbi Falls

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 14, 2011, 12:19:13 PM4/14/11

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Dear friends,
ID please

A shrub standing about 1.5 m tall (not sure if it grows to become a tree) on slopes of evergreen forest.

Date/Time : March 30, 2011 at 12.28pm IST
Location Place : near Abbi Falls, Coorg, Karnataka ... 12.458508, 75.718272 on Google maps
Altitude : 3413 ft (above mean sea level)

Regards.
Dinesh

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Satish Phadke

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Apr 14, 2011, 2:00:55 PM4/14/11

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Wondering whether it can be Rauwolfia species......

Prashant awale

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Apr 15, 2011, 1:30:41 AM4/15/11

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Or could this be some Psychotria sp.

Regards

Prashant

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 15, 2011, 3:28:50 AM4/15/11

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Many thanks Satish ji, Prashant.
Psychotria seems more probable ... calling Shrikant ji for ID.

Regards.
Dinesh

shrikant ingalhalikar

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Apr 15, 2011, 6:25:36 AM4/15/11

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This would be Psychotria nigra (Gaeartn.) Alst. syn P. thwaitesii
Hook. The flowers are not open to show the characteristic reddish
browwn hairs but you can see them at the base. Other features also
tally. Regards, Shrikant

On Apr 15, 12:28 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many thanks Satish ji, Prashant.

> *Psychotria* seems more probable ... calling Shrikant ji for ID.

>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Or could this be some Psychotria sp.
> > Regards
> > Prashant
>

> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> Wondering whether it can be Rauwolfia species......
>

> >> On 14 April 2011 21:49, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Dear friends,
> >>> ID please
>
> >>> A shrub standing about 1.5 m tall (not sure if it grows to become a tree)
> >>> on slopes of evergreen forest.
>
> >>> Date/Time : March 30, 2011 at 12.28pm IST
> >>> Location Place : near Abbi Falls, Coorg, Karnataka ... 12.458508,

> >>> 75.718272 on Google maps <http://goo.gl/maps/lDnI>

> >>> Altitude : 3413 ft (above mean sea level)
>
> >>> Regards.

> >>> Dinesh- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 15, 2011, 6:36:20 AM4/15/11

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Many many thanks for this ID, Shrikant ji.

J.M. Garg

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Feb 1, 2013, 3:34:08 AM2/1/13

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Chasalia curviflora in view of discussions in another thread:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Psychotria$20AND$20nigra$20AND$20%22(Gaertn.)%22$20AND$20Alston/indiantreepix/KI7Y4IiJtqE

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Feb 1, 2013, 3:53:36 AM2/1/13

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FOI has further taken it as Chassalia curviflora var. ophioxyloides as per link:

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Curved%20Flower%20Snake%20Chassalia.html

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