I agree with *Polygala arillata* as per description and illustrations. Thank you Regards
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > It can be a *Pittosporum *sp. > Not sure but... > Regards > Vijayasankar > > just got the fruit as we walked down out of the forest. The person who got > it told me that its roots were much sought after for 'Marcha' a kind of > local yeast cake used to ferment some local foods. > Here is a picture by Sangay Bhutia with bit of leaf showing at the bottom, > which is not very helpful! > I then checked it out on Internet and see that it is possibly *Polygala > arillata *(tho' the seed in my pic looks a bit different). But need > experts here to confirm or correct. And there is a paper from Nepal on > this 'Marcha Plant' at > https://www.scribd.com/doc/9314292/Polygala-Arillata-Marcha-Plant, which > has no picture. Have dropped the author a line and hope he responds. > Thanks for responding Ushadi and Vijayasankar, > Usha > > efi page on Polygala arillata > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/polygalaceae/polygala/polygala-arillata> > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: U GLachungpa <ushaglachun...@gmail.com> > Date: 5 November 2014 19:02 > Subject: [efloraofindia:205281] Fruit/Seed from Sikkim for id > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Dear All, > would be grateful if the picture below could be identified. The fruit is > from a small shrub at c. 1600m in Sikkim. I am told that it is added to > the mixture locally called 'Marcha' used for fermentation. Have tried to > get the picture from all sides. The fruit is very small. > > Kind regards, > Usha > > -- > Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa > Prin. Research Officer (WL) & Addl. Dir. SBB > Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt. > Govt. of Sikkim > Forest Secretariat Annexe Bldg > Deorali, Gangtok 737102 > Tel/Cell: 03592-280402; 094340-25273 > ushaglachun...@gmail.com > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
