SK2061 20 July 2019

[Saroj Kasaju]

Location:  Kathmandu

Date:  3 July 2019

Elevation:  2332 m.

Habit : Wild

Leaves are bunched together unlike other Smilax 

and fruit bears protuberance like spike.

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Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Please ignore 3rd and 5th image.

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Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Correction :

Elevation : 2415 m.

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Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Location : Phulchoki, Lalitpur 

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Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Smilax minutiflora A.DC. ??

No description and images found in the net.

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Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

I think looks different from specimens of Smilax minutiflora at GBIF

To me appears close to images at Smilax ovalifolia Roxb. ex D.Don

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Yes looks different.

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Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Smilax ferox Wall. ex Kunth

Nepali Name: कुकुर डाइनो  Kukur Daaino

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Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Saroj ji, for the id.

To me also appears close to Smilax ferox as per description in Flora of China and as per

FOC illustration  GBIF (high resolution specimens) POWO  tracuuduoclieu (images)  zhiwutong (images)  Alamy (image)  gardenbreizh (image)

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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 11:39
Subject: SK2061 20 July 2019
To: efloraindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

[J.M. Garg]

In fact, these two species appears to be quite close as per description from Flora of China:

Smilax ovalifolia Roxburgh (Forests; near sea level to 1500 m):

Vines climbing, large. Stem branched, to 10 m, woody; branches smooth or sparsely prickly. Petiole 1.6--3 cm, narrowly winged for 1/2--2/3 its length; abscission zone subapical; tendrils well developed. Leaf blade ovate to suborbicular, 12--23(--26) × 8--14(--20) cm, main veins 7. Inflorescence of (1 or)2 or 3 umbels, 1.5--4 cm, basally prophyllate; peduncle 1.3--3 cm, proximally articulate when inflorescence of 1 umbel; umbels of both sexes 12--40-flowered, base thickened. Male flowers: outer tepals 5--6 × ca. 1.5 mm, inner ones much narrower. Female flowers: tepals slightly smaller than male ones; staminodes 3. Berries dark red, ellipsoid-globose, 0.9--1.2 cm in diam.

Smilax ferox Wallich ex Kunth (Dense forests, thickets, shaded slopes; 1000--2900 m):

Vines climbing. Stem branched, terete, woody, usually sparsely prickly. Petiole 4--7(--13) mm, winged for 2/3 to nearly all its length; wings 1.5--2.5 mm wide; abscission zone distal; tendrils only occasionally developed on old stem or branches. Leaf blade abaxially often glaucous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3.5--9(--12) × 1.5--3.5(--6) cm, papery to leathery. Inflorescence borne in axil of young leaf, of 1 umbel, basally not prophyllate; peduncle 1--1.6(--2.5) cm; umbels of both sexes 4--11-flowered, usually ± racemose due to elongate base, base thickened, 2--5 × 1--2 mm. Male flowers: tepals pale yellow, 3--4.5 × 1.5--2 mm; filaments 1.5--2 mm. Female flowers: tepals slightly smaller than male ones; staminodes 6. Berries red, globose, 8--10 mm in diam. Fl. Apr--May, fr. Oct--Dec.

[Saroj Kasaju]

Additional Nepali name : चटलांग Chatalaang 

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Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks Saroj ji 

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks Saroj ji, for the Nepali names of the plant.

Regards.

Dinesh

[Saroj Kasaju]

My pleasure !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju