That's one of the things I considered Rajesh ji,but according to the keys Maytenus senegalensis is an 'armed' plant plus what really was decisive was the hair on the veins below, both FoM & FBI mention it, though the former calls it puberulous and the latter hispid. I will also like to point out that certain features [in this case - hair on the leaf under-surface] are missed in the field & appreciated only on post-processing. My field id was Maytenus sp.
I am still open to correction provided a logical reason is given. Trust that answers your query. Regards, Samir Mehta On Sunday, July 8, 2012 9:19:04 PM UTC+5:30, Rajesh Sachdev wrote: > > Dr Mahta, > Why not Maytenus senegalensis ? > > On 8 July 2012 20:20, Samir Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Fellow Group-Members, >> >> Got a chance to go to Prabalgad with a trekking group, had wanted to go >> there for a long time, after seeing Prasant ji's posts from that area. As >> was to be expected, it was more of a trek than a flower watching trip - and >> a difficult one too. >> >> Spotted this large unarmed shrub just short of Prabal machi, about ? 1000 >> ft asl, the lower surface of the leaf had hairs on the veins (cannot >> remember whether they were hispid or puberulous); flower size was >> approx.1cm. >> >> There seems to be some confusion in the taxonomic nomenclature >> (unresolved in the plant list and not listed at ARS-GRIN and FoC or Fl >> Pakistan). >> The id is based on Fl. Maharashtra 1:241 & 243, but here flowering season >> is given as Dec-Jan, needs to be checked and FBI 1:619. >> The shrub is not listed in Shrikant ji's Flowers of Sahyadri or Further >> Flowers >> of Sahyadri and no image of it was available for comparison in the group >> database or on the net. >> >> Will appreciate if this post can be validated. >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > http://project-matheran.webs.com > https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > > > >
