Amboli, MH :: Berries for ID :: ARK2021-95

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Alka Khare

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Oct 4, 2021, 4:51:57 AM10/4/21
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Hello friends

This was seen at Amboli hill station, MH in Aug 2021.

Requested to please provide ID.

Thanks and regards
Alka Khare
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Oct 4, 2021, 12:24:20 PM10/4/21
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The fruits remind me of a Pavetta sp. [Rubiaceae].

However, the plant with peltate leaves appears to be Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers [Menispermaceae]. A few rain-soaked flowers of this climber are visible in the top portion of IMG_5651.JPEG.

Best wishes, Viplav

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Kiratsinh Zala

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Oct 4, 2021, 12:44:28 PM10/4/21
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Climber is Cyclea peltata

On Oct 4, 2021 9:54 PM, "vip...@gmail.com" <vip...@gmail.com> wrote:

The fruits remind me of a Pavetta sp. [Rubiaceae].

However, the plant with peltate leaves appears to be Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers [Menispermaceae]. A few rain-soaked flowers of this climber are visible in the top portion of IMG_5651.JPEG.

Best wishes, Viplav

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This was seen at Amboli hill station, MH in Aug 2021.

Requested to please provide ID.

Thanks and regards
Alka Khare

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Oct 5, 2021, 10:21:13 AM10/5/21
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I'm afraid the climber in this post does not look like Cyclea to me. On close observation, the axillary umbel indicative of Stephania can be discerned in one of the photographs.

Best wishes, Viplav

On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 at 22:14, Kiratsinh Zala <zalaki...@gmail.com> wrote:

Climber is Cyclea peltata

On Oct 4, 2021 9:54 PM, "vip...@gmail.com" <vip...@gmail.com> wrote:

The fruits remind me of a Pavetta sp. [Rubiaceae].

However, the plant with peltate leaves appears to be Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers [Menispermaceae]. A few rain-soaked flowers of this climber are visible in the top portion of IMG_5651.JPEG.

Best wishes, Viplav

On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 at 14:22, Alka Khare <alk...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello friends

This was seen at Amboli hill station, MH in Aug 2021.

Requested to please provide ID.

Thanks and regards
Alka Khare

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Alka Khare

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Oct 7, 2021, 1:33:48 AM10/7/21
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Thanks Viplav ji for the feedback.
On going through the efi pics for Stephania japonica, the fruit images do not match.

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Alka Khare

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Oct 7, 2021, 2:54:54 AM10/7/21
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As mentioned in my first email, the fruits appear to be of a Pavetta sp. [Rubiaceae]. There are multiple plants in your images, one of them being Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers [Menispermaceae].

Best wishes, Viplav

Alka Khare

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Oct 7, 2021, 1:45:04 PM10/7/21
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Thanks Viplav ji.

I have another pic only of the leaves clicked just before these ones, and I think they may belong to some Pavetta.
Similar leaves are also seen in the above pics.
Will this pic help?

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Alka Khare
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Oct 8, 2021, 9:30:36 AM10/8/21
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Pavetta leaves for sure. Most likely Pavetta crassicaulis Bremek. On close observation, several black dots (bacterial nodules that are known to occur in Pavetta spp.) can be seen scattered on the surface of the leaves in this photograph.

Best wishes, Viplav

Alka Khare

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Oct 10, 2021, 12:56:43 PM10/10/21
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Thanks Viplav ji for the ID.

Regards
Alka Khare

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