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>
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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
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