Dear Ashwini ji, Thank you. This photo was taken from a twig collected by me from Fambonglho WLS, East Sikkim. Your posts perfectly mach with the description of the species. Details that I have are pasted here. The photo was taken in the month of November. BSI published the account of the family in a Fascicle of Flora of India long back. Please look at their website if it is available online. I would like to point out that as per IPNI, this name is illegitimate which shows that it clashes with the name of that of Wall. ex G.Don. The original date of publication of Fl. Japonica is to be checked. Regards, Tapas. *Symplocos lucida* (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 55, t. 24. 1835, excl. syn. *Myrtus laevis*; D.G. Long in Grierson & D.G. Long, Fl. Bhutan 2(2): 581. 1999. *Laurus lucida* Thunb. in Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 383. 1784. *Symplocos japonica *DC., Prodr. 8: 255. 1844. *S. phyllocalyx *C.B. Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 575. 1882. Shrubs or trees, 3 – 10 m high, entirely glabrous.
*Fl. & Fr.*: Aug. – Nov. *Local names*: Nep.: *Kharani, Lekh kharane.* *Habitat*: Common in tropical, subtropical and temperate deciduous forests at 1500 – 2600 m altitudes. *Specimens examined*: Pangthang, 8 Nov 2004, *T. Chakrabarty *30606 (BSHC). Takchi forest, 15 Dec 1981, *Krishna *2110 (BSHC). On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:27 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com> wrote: > Dear Tapas ji, > Thank you very much for sharing this. The leaves and the drupes do look > very similar to the ones here. I would be grateful for your advice on the > species I posted. I found a good resource on *S. lucida* with > illustrations here; > > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210002160 > > In which month was your photo taken? > > Regards, > Ashwini > > > On 28 Jan 2016, at 23:10, Tapas Chakrabarty <tchak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here is what I have identified as Symplocos lucida from Sikkim. An element > of subtropical forests, seen up to 7000 feet altitude. > Aswiniji is requested to comment. > <Symplocos lucida.jpg> > > > -- 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 an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
