Thank you very much Viplav Ji for your kind feedback. Yes, the stipules are different in your thread (i had noted that. My species is *M. exserta* Roxb., I think, which can be ascertained by its emarginate stipules and shape of leaf-blade (please check the top most leaf in the herb. - http://www.br.fgov.be/RESEARCH/COLLECTIONS/HERBARIUM/detail.php?ID=487591). I do not know if the corolla tube was glabrous inside & hairy outside. Perhaps a little hairy as can be seen in the pictures I attach herewith.
Your species may well be different. I didn't mean that your species was *M. exserta*. In fact I did note the stipule as you have mentioned and also difference in leaf-lamina. I wanted your view on my thread as it was left unattended and other eFI uploads of *M. coreia* had flowers with inserted stamens. Thank you once again. Regards surajit On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:18 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Surajit ji, > > Thank you very much for the link to your thread > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/indiantreepix/V7HGakB7kYQ/APFWz1ed2qMJ>. > The stamen exsertion in your flowers is similar to what I've posted. But > the stipules in your photographs appear to be larger, roundish & > persistent, quite unlike the small (c. 4 mm) triangular stipule > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/ZV8KoQkdK6M> seen > by me which is caducous. In the flowers I've posted, the corolla tube is > glabrous on the inside and hairy on the outer surface > <https://08511630493324166816.googlegroups.com/attach/83410cd801743ca3/07_Morinda%20coreia%20var.%20tomentosa_flower.jpg?part=0.7&view=1&vt=ANaJVrFI-jRuhcmPsviwaDnfaYHTJ_SyDei2CS8KWHUXoXC-UwlObWFoDIn4Es8NT2fXP7dSj2Wy0neBO-ny1onS07yow5SLQ97uvzHARoh8ntwlnTqJp-Y>; > I'm > unable to ascertain the same in your photographs. It would be interesting > also to see the fruits of your plant if possible. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > El 20 de abril de 2015, 7:05, surajitkoley <[email protected]> > escribió: > >> >> VIplab Ji, >> >> Can you please take a look at my thread >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/V7HGakB7kYQ/APFWz1ed2qMJ> >> and give your view? >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> surajit >> >> >> >> >> On Sunday, 19 April 2015 10:41:48 UTC+5:30, Viplav Gangar wrote: >>> >>> >>> Sharing some photographs of the buds and the flowers of *Morinda coreia* >>> var. *tomentosa*. The flowers are usually 5-merous; have also attached >>> some instances of variable merosity in the flowers of this tree (4-merous & >>> 6-merous). The corolla tube is glabrous on the inside and hairy on the >>> outer surface as seen in the last picture. >>> >>> This tree is often referred to as *Morinda pubescens* Sm. The genus >>> *Morinda* in Mumbai was revised by RR Fernandez who published a new >>> combination - *Morinda coreia* Buch.-Ham. var. *tomentosa* (Hook.f.) >>> R.R.Fernandez. Have attached the key by Fernandez from his book 'Trees of >>> Mumbai (Bombay)', pp. 173-174, Scientific Publishers, 1999. >>> >>> In Cooke's Flora, the anthers are said to be included within the corolla >>> tube as depicted in Navendu ji's photographs on flowersofindia.net >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Mulberry.html>. >>> But the anthers are clearly exserted in the trees that I have come across >>> in Madh. In the eflora archives, I found some photographs of the flowers of >>> *M. >>> pubescens* bearing exserted stamens & anthers (posted by Mohina ji fr. >>> Alibag >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/qtNY1MByXak> >>> & Dinesh ji fr. SGNP in Mumbai >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Morinda$20AND$20pubescens$20AND$20Sm./indiantreepix/mOj5Q4dogw8>). >>> The flower image of *M. pubescens* in 'The Trees of Mumbai' by M. >>> Almeida & N. Chaturvedi (p. 20) as well as in Shrikant ji's 'Trees of Pune' >>> (p. 98) also depicts exserted anthers. Would appreciate any information / >>> comments on this. >>> >>> Am sending the photographs of the leaves, fruit, and bark in separate >>> emails. >>> >>> Photographed on Madh Hill (North Mumbai) in March 2015. >>> >>> Best wishes, Viplav >>> >> > -- 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.
