Thank you very much Tapas ji. It most definitely looks like a Daphniphyllum. The stand I mentioned has about a hundred or more trees, many of which are young. The glossy leaves can be up to 30cm long.
None of my books on local flora has this tree and most locals do not know anything about this either. And since you say that it is not recorded from HP, perhaps it was introduced relatively recently. I will keep watch and collect mature flowers/fruits as you advised. Thank you once again. Regards, Ashwini > On 17 Apr 2016, at 20:02, Tapas Chakrabarty <tchak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The pinkish-red petioles and the umbellate formation of the young > inflorescences (female?) are reminiscent of Daphniphyllum, which is, however, > not recorded for Himachal Pradesh so far. Please try to obtain mature flowers > and fruits. > Please refer to efi page on D. himalayense and see the image. > Tapas. > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com > <mailto:ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com>> wrote: > There is a stand of these trees about 10-15m tall next to a mountain path I > occasionally walk on. I have made several attempts to find an ID but have > been successful. The tree is in flower now (these could be buds too) and am > posting some pictures here for your expert help. Asking around the local > community I haven’t found much. Today a lady told me that it was called Handa > in local dialect and its wood or leaves are not used. Please advise. > > Mountain path above Dal Lake, Dharamshala, HP > 1850m approx. > 10 and 17 April 2016. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <_MG_6526_17Apr2016.jpg><_MG_6534_17Apr2016.jpg><_MG_6535_17Apr2016.jpg> > <_MG_5581_17Apr2016.jpg><_MG_5597_17Apr2016.jpg><_MG_5597c_17Apr2016.jpg> > <_MG_6637_17Apr2016.jpg><_MG_6643_17Apr2016.jpg> > <_MG_5585_17Apr2016.jpg><_MG_6574_17Apr2016.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 > <mailto:indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > <mailto:indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > -- 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.
