[efloraofindia:32932] Request for ID 220410SC1

[shobha chavda]

Request for ID –  220410SC1

 

Dear All,

We have this plant in our locality which blooms normally in the month of March every year. As such its very non-descript plant but when one stands near the plant, it has a pleasing fragrance like “ जाई -जुई"  

I m posting the photo ( Sorry for the bad quality ).Please help me in identifying.

 

Date / Time – 20 th April 2010 / 08.00 am.

Location – Place /Altitude / GPS – Versova  ( Andheri) -Mumbai

Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Urban

Plant Habit – Tree/Shrub / Climber /Herb – A  big Shrub

Height /Length –  about 8 ft.

Leaves Type / Shape / Size –

Inflorescence Type /Size –

Flowers Size /Colour /Calyx – White corolla with five thick petals. Flowering is     comparatively scanty .

Fruits Type /Shape /Size / Seeds –

Other Information like Fragrance,Pollinator,Uses etc – Mildly fragrant-resembles “ Mogara” fragrance. Blooms only in March-April.

 

Regards,

Shobha

 

 

 

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[Dinesh Valke]

... looks like Morinda ... most probably M. citrifolia, going by the smooth textured leaves.
The other species M. pubescens found growing in wild.

Please take a look at
... http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Great%20Morinda.html
... http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314344@N00&q=Morinda+citrifolia&m=text


commonly known as: canary wood, great morinda, Indian mulberry, large-leaved morinda, noni, nonu, pain killer tree • Bengali: hurdi • Gujarati: સુરંગી surangi • Hindi: आल aal, बारतुन्डी bartundi • Kannada: ಮಡ್ಡಿ maddi • Konkani: बारतोंडी bartondi • Malayalam: ചെറുമഞ്ജനാത്തി cerumanjjanaaththi • Marathi: आल aal, बारतोंडी bartondi • Oriya: pindre • Sanskrit: अच्युत achyuta, अक्षिकिफल akshikiphala • Tamil: மஞ்சணாறி manchanari, மஞ்சட்பாவட்டை manchatpavattai, நுணா nuna • Telugu: మడ్డిచెక్క maddi chekka, తగర tagara, తొగరు togaru


Regards.

[Dinesh Valke]

... yes, please do send another couple of views.
That will certainly help us.

True, the leaves of noni are indeed deep green, smooth and shining.
Thus, my guess could be way-off.
Let us wait for comment(s).

Regards.

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 2:46 PM, shobha chavda <koa...@gmail.com> wrote:

I m not sure Dinesh Ji,because Noni's leaves are deep green and very shining.These leaves are light green.Besides this, I think Noni blooms round the year ,but this particular plant only blooms in March-April .should I send u more snaps?
Regards,
Shobha

[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Shobha ji for more photos in this post.
Could be M. pubescens just as you are convinced ... expecting our friends to comment on the smooth bark; not quite normal to M. pubescens.

There are a few interesting discussions on Morinda in our database.

Regards.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: shobha chavda <koa...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:32932] Request for ID 220410SC1
To: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>


Halo Dinesh Ji,
 I m posting few more photos.But now I m convinced it is Morinda pubescens ( "बारतोंडी" in Marathi).Two things confused me.One is the tree's bark is very smooth and light brown in colour while the tree of M.pubescens which I had seen earlier was having crocodile bark and dark coffee colour.Also the maroon color anthers had fallen off.Another thing is the fruits on this particular tree abort and dont grow fully ,so I missed the view of regular fruit I suppose.
Regards,
Shobha

[R. Vijayasankar]

I too think it is Morinda pubescens (= M. tinctoria, M. coreia...). It doesn't look like M. citrifolia.

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With regards

R. Vijayasankar
National Center for Natural Products Research,
The University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS-38677, USA.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Resurfacing again for ID 

 

Earlier feedback

Dinesh ji.............................Most probably M. citrifolia

Shobha ji............................M. pubescencs

Vijayasankar ji.................... I too think it is Morinda pubescens (= M. tinctoria, M. coreia...). It doesn't look like M. citrifolia.

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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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From: shobha chavda <koa...@gmail.com>

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/