---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> Date: 30 March 2010 13:44 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:30767] Lagerstroemia parviflora To: Neil Soares <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]
I think .............In my picture DSCN 0446a The calyx lobes definitely look like appressed to the fruit. Would you like to have a second look? What do you say?I am sure all the pictures from the set belong to the same tree, snapped at diff. times Satish On 30 March 2010 13:33, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dr.Satish, > Please check the archives of this group for the earlier discussion [and > my photographs] on this. > > Reproducing the chararcteristics featured in the key in Dr.Almeida's > book: > 1.Leaves alternate;shrub - L.indica > 1.Leaves opposite, decussate - 2 > > 2.Flowers purple - L.speciosa > 2.Flowers pink - L.thorelli > 2.Flowers white - 3 > > 3.Leaves fulvous tomentose beneath - L.hirta > 3.Leaves glabrous - 4 > > 4.Calyx-tube with 6 ribs - L.floribunda > 4.Calyx-tube not ribbed - 5 > > 5.Calyx lobes appressed to the fruit - L.parviflora > 5.Calyx lobes spreading or reflexed - L.lanceolata > > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > > --- On *Tue, 3/30/10, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:30767] Lagerstroemia parviflora > To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 12:23 PM > > Dear Neil ji > The key for Lagerstroemia L. given in BSI Flora Mah. says > 1.Calyx ridges as many as sepals or reduced to warts or auricles: > 2. Leaves distinctly petiolate; fruiting calyx tube 0.2 cm deep > ... *L.microcarpa* > 2. Leaves sessile or subsessile; fruiting calyx tube 0.6-0.9 cm > deep ... * L.parviflora* > (1. Calyx ridge twice the number of sepals ... *L.reginae*) > What is the opinion from Dr. Almeida? whether this key is not correct for > naming or something else. I am confused similar to Dinesh ji earlier > The pictures posted by you earlier for *L.microcarpa* clearly show > petiolate leaves while my pictures show sessile leaves. > Are other factors like simple/compound panicle of inflorescence and the > colour of the bark more important as in earlier discussion? > Does tip of the leaf play any role in differentiating? > Hoping to learn something. > Dr Phadke Satish > > On 30 March 2010 11:44, Satish Phadke > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Dear Neil ji >> Will you please let me know the description of this plant as given in >> Almeida's flora and how it differs from other species? Or you can send me a >> link where it is given. >> Thanks >> Dr Phadke >> >> >> On 25 March 2010 22:12, Neil Soares >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> This is Lagerstroemia lanceolata [L.microcarpa] locally called Bhondara >>> / Seena. Have written about this earlier on this site - according to Dr. >>> Almeida, Cooke had got it wrong in his 'Flora of Bombay' and most books have >>> been perpetuating this fallacy. >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 3/25/10, tanay bose >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> >* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: tanay bose >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>il >>> >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:30767] Lagerstroemia parviflora >>> To: "Satish Phadke" >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > >>> Cc: "indiantreepix Indian" >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > >>> Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7:18 PM >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear Satish Ji, >>> I agree with you this plant is >>> >>> *Lagerstroemia parviflora* Roxb., ; Pl. Corom. 1: 47, t. 66 (1795). >>> Regards >>> Tanay >>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Satish Phadke >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> *Lagerstroemia parviflora* (Bondara) >>>> Family : Lythraceae Please validate. >>>> This tree about 15 feet in height was observed flowering on 24Mar 2009. >>>> Pune Vetal Tekdi Near Mhatoba temple. >>>> Points in favor.... >>>> Leaves 9*3.5 cm or so glabrous sessile. Flowers white in terminal and >>>> axillary panicled cyme. >>>> Capsule 2.5 cm by 2 cm. Fruiting calyx tube 1cm deep. Some photos are of >>>> the same tree taken last year in fruiting phase. >>>> Regards >>>> Dr Phadke Satish >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Bose >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "efloraofindia" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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