Thanks All, The FB response was also *Polygala arillata. *Wonder what its status is in India. Seems to be endangered in Nepal as per the Taplejung paper at https://www.scribd.com/doc/9314292/Polygala-Arillata-Marcha- <https://www.scribd.com/doc/9314292/Polygala-Arillata-Marcha-Plant>Plant <https://www.scribd.com/doc/9314292/Polygala-Arillata-Marcha-Plant> Kind regards, Usha
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with the id *Polygala arillata*, too. Good identification and > nice pictures, Usha ji! Thanks for sharing. > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:36 AM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree with *Polygala arillata* as per description and illustrations. >> Thank you >> Regards >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> It can be a *Pittosporum *sp. >>> Not sure but... >>> Regards >>> Vijayasankar >>> >>> just got the fruit as we walked down out of the forest. The person who >>> got it told me that its roots were much sought after for 'Marcha' a kind of >>> local yeast cake used to ferment some local foods. >>> Here is a picture by Sangay Bhutia with bit of leaf showing at the >>> bottom, which is not very helpful! >>> I then checked it out on Internet and see that it is possibly *Polygala >>> arillata *(tho' the seed in my pic looks a bit different). But need >>> experts here to confirm or correct. And there is a paper from Nepal on >>> this 'Marcha Plant' at >>> https://www.scribd.com/doc/9314292/Polygala-Arillata-Marcha-Plant, >>> which has no picture. Have dropped the author a line and hope he responds. >>> Thanks for responding Ushadi and Vijayasankar, >>> Usha >>> >>> efi page on Polygala arillata >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/polygalaceae/polygala/polygala-arillata> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: U GLachungpa <ushaglachun...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 5 November 2014 19:02 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:205281] Fruit/Seed from Sikkim for id >>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> Dear All, >>> would be grateful if the picture below could be identified. The fruit >>> is from a small shrub at c. 1600m in Sikkim. I am told that it is added to >>> the mixture locally called 'Marcha' used for fermentation. Have tried to >>> get the picture from all sides. The fruit is very small. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Usha >>> >>> -- >>> Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa >>> Prin. Research Officer (WL) & Addl. Dir. SBB >>> Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt. >>> Govt. of Sikkim >>> Forest Secretariat Annexe Bldg >>> Deorali, Gangtok 737102 >>> Tel/Cell: 03592-280402; 094340-25273 >>> ushaglachun...@gmail.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >>> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> >> > -- Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa Prin. Research Officer (WL) & Addl. Dir. SBB Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt. Govt. of Sikkim Forest Secretariat Annexe Bldg Deorali, Gangtok 737102 Tel/Cell: 03592-280402; 094340-25273 ushaglachun...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
