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From: Moumita Das Das <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:286075] Fwd: Fruits of Memecylon umbellatum
To: Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>
Respected Sir,
I have never seen this fruit-colour in *Memecylon
umbellatum*. In literature also M. umbellatum fruits are reported to be
yellow and finally bluish-black in colour. However, the leaves in the
images are similar to those of *M. umbellatum*. Bremer(1979) commented that
sometimes the flowers (of *M. umbellatum*) are pinkish but this small
variation does not merit recognition of a variety and he treated *M.
rubro-caeruleum* Thwaites and subsequently *M. edule* var. *rubro-caerulea*
(Thwaites) Clarke in synonymy of *M. umbellatum*. It seems to me that in
this formerly recognized variety the pink calyx may eventually ripen into
pink berries as evident from the attached photographs. Therefore, it is
wise to treat this individual as *Memecylon umbellatum* Burm. f.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Moumita Das Das
Ex-Research Scholar,
Botanical Survey of India
On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:53 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>
wrote:
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> From: "JM Garg" <[email protected]>
> Date: Jan 12, 2018 9:51 PM
> Subject: [efloraofindia:286075] Fwd: Fruits of Memecylon umbellatum
> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>
> Cc:
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, 29 June 2010 21:19:43 UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote:
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>> Came across this Tree in fruiting stage on the way to Lohagad (Lonavala
>> region). Kindly validate the ID.
>>
>> Bot name: *Memecylon umbellatum* ??
>> Family: Melastomataceae
>>
>> Date/Time: 20-06-2010 / 08:30AM
>> Location: On the way to Lohagad, Lonavala
>> Habitat: Wild
>> Plant Habit; Tree
>>
>> regards
>> Prashant
>>
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