Thanks a lot, Anup ji, for further clarifications. On 17 September 2018 at 11:42, Anup Deshpande <anoopd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sir > The characters 'number of pinnae and number of leaflet' are overlapping. > Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to identify based on herbarium > specimens. > Place of collection will give basic idea whether the species is S. catechu > or S. chundra. Senegalia polyacantha is distributed almost every state of > India except northeast and temperate regions. To confirm the identity, it > is important to observe bark, young stem, calyx. Pods of S. catechu and S. > chundra are similar. They are reddish brown to brown at maturity while S. > polyacantha showed light brown pods. Please check the photographs which are > attached in these mails. Also, please observe prickles are brown, smaller, > about 2-4 mm in S. catechu and S. chundra while prickles are light brown, > husk coloured and longer, about 3-8 mm in S. polyacantha. > > Thank you. > > On Sep 17, 2018 11:26, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Anup ji. >> That means keys in the attachment at efi thread >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/wO_4PySVE1k> >> (Kshirsagar >> - 2012 - Observations and taxonomic assessment of Acacia catechu willd. >> complex (Mimosaceae) in India.pdf) w.r.t. number of pinnae more than 20 >> in *Senegalia* *polyacantha* (Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger & upto 20 in S. >> catechu & S. chundra is not correct. >> Pl. confirm. >> >> On 17 September 2018 at 11:16, Anup Deshpande <anoopd...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Naturally, S. catechu is found in northern part of India, north of >>> Maharashtra, while S. chundra is found in South of Maharashtra. However, S. >>> catechu is being cultivated for extraction of tannins >>> >>> On Sep 15, 2018 12:03, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I think this should be *Senegalia* *polyacantha* (Willd.) Seigler & >>>> Ebinger as it has less than 20 pinnae as per keys in the attachment at efi >>>> thread >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/wO_4PySVE1k> >>>> >>>> As per details in efi thread >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/wO_4PySVE1k> & >>>> keys in the attachment: >>>> I am very much sure that *Senegalia catechu*, *Senegalia polyacantha *as >>>> well as *Senegalia chundra* are distinct species. >>>> The calyx of *S. catechu *and *S. polyacantha *are hairy (sometimes >>>> sparsely hairy in *S. polyacantha*); while calyx is completely >>>> glabrous in *S. chundra* >>>> Bark of *S. catechu *and *S. chundra *is very similar. Grey white when >>>> immature while dark brown to black, fissured when mature. *S. >>>> polyacantha *bark is white, papery, peeling out and armed with >>>> several, individual, prickles even on main trunk (probably the name is >>>> because of this feature: poly-a-cantha). Leaves of S. polyacantha are >>>> larger than other two species. Prickles in S. polyacantha is yellowish >>>> brown, recurved or straight, and about 0.5-1.0 cm long, while prickles >>>> in other two species are brown to black, mostly recurved and about 0.3 cm >>>> long. >>>> Please find attached pdf of paper by Kshirsagar 2012. He differentiated >>>> all the three species based on morphology. >>>> 1 attachment. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: tsp kumar <tspkuma...@gmail.com> >>>> Date: 8 November 2015 at 23:10 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:235682] TSPNOV2015-32: Images of Senegalia >>>> catechu (Fabaceae) >>>> To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> It is my pleasure to share few images of* Senegalia catechu....*also >>>> called* Acacia chundra *(Fabaceae) >>>> >>>> >>>> Habit: Medium sized tree >>>> >>>> Habitat: Wild in scrub forest. >>>> . >>>> Sighting:Konanakaval,Tumkur,Karnataka about 800 msl. >>>> >>>> Date:18-05-2015,27-05-2014,30-07-2014 >>>> and 07-09-2014 >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards >>>> tspkumar >>>> Deputy Conservator of Forests >>>> Working Plan >>>> Chikmagalur >>>> Ph:988057158 >>>> >>>> >>>> 6:30 PM (4 hours ago) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> >>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>>> >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>> the world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 >>>> are directly displayed). >>>> >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 are directly displayed). 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