Dear Manudevji, *Mahonia leschenaultii* is a big-shrub and not a tree. Description shows that *M.leschenaultii* have dark blue fruits and even-pinnate leaves; a contradictory to the posted tree habit plant. Please verify again. Reference: Excursion Flora of TN by K M Matthew
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM, manudev madhavan < manudevkmadha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am not very sure..!! > This could be some species of *Mahonia* > May be *Mahonia* *napaulensis* DC. (*Mahonia* *leschenaultii* (Wall. ex > Wight & Arn.) Takeda ex > Dunn<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-3500447> > ) > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> This looks like Berberis or some other Berberidaceae to me. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> Please help to id the tree found planted at a private garden in Ooty, >>> Nilgiris. >>> >>> *Date/Time-* >>> >>> 24-01-2011 / 11:00 AM >>> >>> *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* >>> >>> ca.2200asl; Ooty, TN >>> >>> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* >>> >>> garden >>> >>> *Plant Habit-* >>> >>> tree >>> >>> *Height/Length-* >>> >>> 4 m >>> >>> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* >>> >>> c. 1 feet; spiny margin >>> >>> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* >>> >>> Raceme; 15-20 cm long >>> >>> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* >>> >>> yellow; 0.6cm across >>> >>> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * >>> globose; 1cm across >>> >>> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * >>> * >>> * >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Care Earth Trust >>> #15, second main road, >>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>> Chennai - 600 061 >>> Mob: 09626833911 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India >> > > > > -- > *Manudev K Madhavan* > Systematic & Floristic Lab, > Department of Botany, > Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research > St. Joseph's College, Devagiri > Kozhikode- 673 008 > Mob: 9496470738 > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
