Hi, Interesting ! Am familiar with Connarus monocarpus [C. wightii]. Dr. Almeida in his 'Flora of Maharashtra' & Yadav and Sardesai in their 'Flora of Kholapur District' both describe it as "a much branched Shrub". With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Thu, 11/29/12, radhaveach <radhave...@gmail.com> wrote: From: radhaveach <radhave...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:139329] Re: For ID :: DV :: 01 NOV 12 - 1046 :: twisty woody vine at Matheran To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Cc: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:25 PM Hello everyone, I've always thought this plant was a Connaraceae. In the Floras the number of leaflets given for Connarus wightii is 3 - 5, which means I or 2 pairs and the end one. The Matheran plant in the pictures commonly has 5 or 6 pairs and a terminal leaflet and sometimes there are 7 pairs! Leaflets are opposite, sub opposite and sometimes alternate. Is it possible that the plant can be variable to this extent? Or could it be another species? regards Radha On Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:43:00 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: Many thanks Neil ji for the response. I have a feeling it is not Entada rheedii. In this vine, we see fluted texture - I have not seen it in Entada. This must be Connarus wightii ... ID response received from Anil (Rajbhar) ji: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Hi, This climber is Connarus wightii... For reference check below link... http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/ getImage.do?imageBarcode= K000691056 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi Dinesh, This looks like Entada rheedei. Regards, Neil. --- On Wed, 11/28/12, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> Subject: [efloraofindia:139329] Re: For ID :: DV :: 01 NOV 12 - 1046 :: twisty woody vine at Matheran To: "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups. com> Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 11:05 PM Dear friends, Please ignore the 2nd picture ... it does not belong to this plant. Mistakenly added because it was in sequence of my flickr uploads. This picture: Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: Matheran ... about 2600 ft asl Dear friends, ID please. Date & time: 01 NOV 12 10:46 AM Habitat: semi-evergreen and evergreen forest Habit: liana, matures to about 1 foot dia cross-section, reaches about 20 m high (just a guess) The rust-coloured tender leaflets stand out in midst of other green foliage; I find them along pathways as well as in core forest - never had the chance of getting to see flower / fruit. Another interesting aspect is the random arrangement of the leaflets. Regards. Dinesh -- --
