I am sorry to say that I gave wrong info regarding *Ochna* list in Bengal Plants. Both, the 'Bengal Plants' and the 'Botany of Bihar & Orissa' do not provide KEY to *O. squarrosa* and *O. obtusata*. Instead both the books provide difference to *O. squarrosa* L. and *O. pumila* Ham.
Interestingly FBI treats *O. squarrosa* L. is synonymous with *O. obtusata* DC. and *O. lucida* Lamk. While in TPL all the above are unresolved. FoC doesn't help. A paper can be read/viewed at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1217211, which says *O. squarrosa* L. <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?25468> and *O. obtusata* DC <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?450252>. are two different taxa. Our group says *O. jabotapita* L. (*O. squarrosa* L.) is a cultivated shrub <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/ochnaceae/ochna>. On the other hand *Ochna obtusata* DC. (*O.squarrrosa* auct. Non. L.) <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=umMFT6tKtrkC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=ochna+flora+tamilnadu&source=bl&ots=1BKPVYMAgW&sig=_DJzVrPPhKJ1fHJbiNJrSYzfoa0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xVMQVcP0KJKyuATrmoIo&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ochna%20flora%20tamilnadu&f=false> is a shrub or small tree. This much I could find. Thank you Regards On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 6:47 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Idassistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > If you have downloaded the 'Bengal Plants', you have the KEY Sourav Ji. > Thank you > Regards > surajit > > > > efi page on Ochna obtusata > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/ochnaceae/ochna/ochna-obtusata> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sourav Mahmud <[email protected]> > Date: 7 March 2015 at 23:29 > Subject: Fwd: Ochna squarrosa???Ochna obtusata??? > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sourav Mahmud <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:55 PM > Subject: Ochna squarrosa???Ochna obtusata??? > To: Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> > Cc: surajit koley <[email protected]> > > > Ochna squarrosa??? > Ochna obtusata??? > > Regards > Sourav > > > > > -- > 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'. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
