Dear Samir ji, Nice to know about yr trek to Prabalgad. Yes, this trek is bit exhaustive but interesting. At the top of Prabalgad underneath Karvi bushes, one can find Christisonia calcarata.
Thanks for sharing the photographs. Nice one. Not in position to comment on its ID. So lets wait and see. Regards Prashant On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Samir Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: > '..both FoM & FBI mention it, though the former calls it puberulous and > the latter hispid...' > > Please read as: > > ..both FoM & FBI mention it, though the latter calls it puberulous and > the former hispid. > > > > > On Sunday, July 8, 2012 10:31:49 PM UTC+5:30, Samir Mehta wrote: >> >> 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 <http://project-matheran.webs.com/> >>> https://www.facebook.com/**leopardguy<https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy> >>> >>> >>> >>>
