Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook.
Common name: Tree fern
Famly: Cyathaeaceae
Date: 17.05.2010
Location: Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Note: This is the only tree fern found in Western Himalaya in India.

The person standing below in one of the pics is Dr. Amit Kotiya, who
happens to be one of able member of this group, a very good taxonomist
and field botanist.

Pankaj

[tanay bose]

Description of the Fern from the link below
http://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Cyathea%20spinulosa
Tanay

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Tanay Bose
+91(033) 25550676 (Resi)
9830439691(Mobile)

[Dr. Pankaj Kumar]

Dear all,

I dont think we should unscrupulously follow the description of an
Indian plant from anywhere else in the world, whether it is Pakistan,
China or Taiwan. Just in the case of current link given by Mr. Tanay,
trunk of my plant was sometimes over 15cm in diameter though it never
reached 6 meter but it was somewhere around 4m in height.
My plant was not found in dark forest as you can see the area was so
bright that I had even problems in taking pictures. To be specific the
particular individuals in the pic were growing near a stream in a
Pinus roxburghii forest. Rocky stream was almost dried up but may be
some water was there in the rocky crevices.
I hope people will take my comments in good spirits.

Presence of spines on the stipes are the main feature to identify this
Cyathea.

Pankaj

[Ritesh Choudhary]

Dear Pankaj,
This fern is very common in Arunachal Pradesh. Locally called as
'Tange' by 'Adi' tribes who use to feed the stem part to their cattle
after peeling out the spiny layer. Additionally, C. gigantea and C.
andersonii are also reported from this region.

Regards,
Ritesh.

On Jul 11, 4:17 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Description of the Fern from the link belowhttp://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Cyathea%20spinulosa
> Tanay

>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook.
> > Common name: Tree fern
> > Famly: Cyathaeaceae
> > Date: 17.05.2010
> > Location: Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
>
> > Note: This is the only tree fern found in Western Himalaya in India.
>
> > The person standing below in one of the pics is Dr. Amit Kotiya, who
> > happens to be one of able member of this group, a very good taxonomist
> > and field botanist.
>
> > Pankaj
>
> --

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[Dr. Pankaj Kumar]

Dear Ritesh
You are right but in Western Himalaya this is very rare.
May be because of lower humidity, but not sure....
Pankaj