Perhaps it could be a species of Ilex! On Sat, 7 Sept 2024 at 20:51, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 7 Sept 2024 at 20:39 > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:467885] Mystery shrub seen in Scotland > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Cc: <hj.s...@tiscali.co.uk> > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 at 15:37 > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:467885] Mystery shrub seen in Scotland > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Cc: Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com>, <hj.s...@tiscali.co.uk> > > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Acronychia. ?? > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > Sir, Many thanks for looking and your suggestion of Acronychia. > This a new plant for me so have tried to do my research. > Sadly I do not think it is a match. > Acronychia leaves are opposite. Mystery shrub has alternate leaves .... > see image below. > Acronychia the flowers are bisexual, with four sepals, four petals and > eight stamens. > Mystery plant only has 4 stamen. > I think there may be 2 shrubs one was female, the 2nd next to it sadly > the flowers were over brown and wilted...maybe the male. > Acronychia seeds are black. mystery plant seeds were white...see image > below > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronychia - from Sheila ji > Thanks, Sheila ji. > > Pl. try Gaultheria and Gymnosporia- from me > Thank you for looking sir and for your two suggestions. > I do not think that it can be Gaultheria...as I do not believe that the > flowers are right for Ericaceae. > Quote wiki.... > *"Gaultheria* is a genus of about 283 species of shrubs > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub> in the family Ericaceae > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericaceae>. > > I will check out Gymnosporia - from Sheila ji > Pl. try Ilex like > > https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A.aquif-flor_fem._-_7.jpg- from > me > I have added 2 more pics to show the seed capsule. > I have never seen any Ilex sp...common name Holly with berries in 4 parts. > Flowers are nothing like the Ilex aquifolium link you added. > Sorry. > Thank you for looking. > > Sheila > https://www.gbif.org/species/5414222 > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > Thank you for the images of Ilex aquilifolium...a very common tree in UK. > I know it well. > Nothing is a match..not the flowers, leaves or berries. > > The seed capsules are very very different to most plants they are not > round but are in 4 segments. Rather like Euonymus. - from Sheila ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 at 15:32 > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:467885] Mystery shrub seen in Scotland > To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com> > > > Any idea about the family or genus? > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: 'PlantaholicSheila' via eFloraofIndia < > indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 at 14:13 > Subject: [efloraofindia:467885] Mystery shrub seen in Scotland > To: eFloraofIndia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Glendoick gardens near Perth and Dundee, Scotland. are only open in April > and May to the public. > The garden is the home of the COX family. 3 x generations of plant hunters. > They specialise in Rhododendrons but have other unusual shrubs. > Now owned by Kenneth Cox, who runs the busy garden centre. > > I first noticed this shrub on 11th April 2024. > 2 shrubs together. > Appeared to be evergreen. > One with tiny 4 petal flowers, one with brown bits...female and male on > sepperate bushes? > At first I thought it was Euonymus...but leaves are alternate. > I have since popped back a few times to add more images. > It formed white berries...not round. > > Please does any one here recognise it. > Many thanks as always for your expert help. > Cheers > Sheila. > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/2ae46a03-28fb-4b5b-ac69-e82abd9b9ac6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/2ae46a03-28fb-4b5b-ac69-e82abd9b9ac6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- Navendu Page, PhD Scientist Thackeray Wildlife Foundation Ph: +91 9611053510 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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