Surajit ji, Thank you for the question. I do not use or trust "The Plant List" but I checked the link you provided at it shows only one C. tomentosa L. as the accepted name. The others listed are synonyms, three of which are illegitimate.
I prefer to trust "The Catalogue of Life" which is updated more frequently. Please check here and you will see only one C. tomentosa as the accepted name. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/callicarpa+tomentosa/fossil/1/match/1 The plant may be, as you say C. macrophylla, but since C. tomentosa L. is similar and is found in the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaya and the seeds are dispersed by birds the plant can spread quite easily. I had only wondered why it was not on your list of possibilities. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Velvety%20Beauty%20Berry.html Will you be able to photograph the fruit as the fruit color can also be useful to know. I am not a botanist and I apologize if I have said too much. Regards, greene/Carmelita On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:32:19 PM UTC-4, surajitkoley wrote: > > Thank you Madam, but of several *C. tomentosa* > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Callicarpa+tomentosa> which > one I'm supposed to search? > > Regards > > surajit > > > On Tuesday, 6 October 2015 07:49:10 UTC+5:30, greene wrote: >> >> Please, >> Since I live in the USA I only have the Callicarpa americana in my >> garden. I use the leaves to repel insects and the fruit to make jelly. >> I am not a botanist but please is there some reason why you did not >> include the C. tomentosa in your list of possibles? I hope it is permitted >> for me to post this link so you may see a C. tomentosa photo. >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callicarpa_Tomentosa_17.JPG >> Thank you, >> greene/Carmelita >> >> On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 12:46:48 PM UTC-4, surajitkoley wrote: >>> >>> I am not familiar with this genus, *Callicarpa*. I photographed these >>> pics on 24-Sept-2015. I waited for flowers and today i noticed tiny pink >>> flowers, possibly 4-merous (well, i am still doing without glasses, but >>> time has come to get one!). >>> >>> Unfortunately I didn't have camera with me. Hope i will get flower >>> pictures tomorrow. But, not guaranteed, for there were only two specimen, >>> on the 24th last month, in a bamboo thicket whereas today there was only >>> one. Because, this is the time when villagers collect fuelwood by removing >>> all sorts of weeds. >>> >>> It's only 1.5 ft herb, may grow to a shrub if kept alive! There is >>> scarcely any trunk, base is woody. Stem cannot be called 4-angled. Entire >>> plant is woolly. Leaf blades are 15cm or more long, petiole around 2 cm. >>> >>> Bengal Plants lists - >>> >>> 1. *C. arborea* Roxb. = a tree in Bihar, N,. Bengal, Tirhut, >>> Chittagong >>> 2. *C. cana* L. = a large shrub, often cultivated, occasionally >>> naturalised in Central Bengal >>> 3. *C. macrophylla* Vahl. = 3-8 ft shrub, in all provinces >>> 4. *C. longifolia* Lam. var. *lanceolaria* = a shrub, Central >>> Bengal, Tippera, Chittagong >>> >>> Botany of Bihar & Orissa licts - >>> >>> 1. *C. arborea* Roxb. >>> 2. *C. macrophylla* Vahl. >>> >>> Thank you >>> Regards >>> surajit >>> >>> -- 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.
