I have been noticing this plant at Yeoor Hills, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary since after monsoon. I do not see them in urban area.
Looks like sub-shrub, growing under large trees or even along trails, height of 50 - 75 cms. Basal leaves are quite large; they look beautiful with large and soft serrated margin, in fact the locals call it *katri* in Marathi (कातरी). *Katri* means indented, serrated, saw-edged; besides it also means a (small) pair of scissors. The fruit looks like a tiny brinjal, 3 clear lobes can be made out, about 12 - 15 mm. Not used as vegetable.
> I have been noticing this plant at Yeoor Hills, Sanjay Gandhi
> National Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird
> Sanctuary since after monsoon.
> I do not see them in urban area.
> Looks like sub-shrub, growing under large trees or even along
> trails, height of 50 - 75 cms.
> Basal leaves are quite large; they look beautiful with large and
> soft serrated margin, in fact the locals call it katri in Marathi
> (कातरी).
> Katri means indented, serrated, saw-edged; besides it also means a
> (small) pair of scissors.
> The fruit looks like a tiny brinjal, 3 clear lobes can be made out,
> about 12 - 15 mm.
> Not used as vegetable.
> I have been noticing this plant at Yeoor Hills, Sanjay
> Gandhi National Park,
> Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary
> since after monsoon.
> I do not see them in urban area.
> Looks like sub-shrub, growing under large trees or even
> along trails, height
> of 50 - 75 cms.
> Basal leaves are quite large; they look beautiful with
> large and soft
> serrated margin, in fact the locals call it *katri* in
> Marathi (कातरी).
> *Katri* means indented, serrated, saw-edged; besides it
> also means a (small)
> pair of scissors.
> The fruit looks like a tiny brinjal, 3 clear lobes can be
> made out, about 12
> - 15 mm.
> Not used as vegetable.
looks like Baliospermum montanum from Euphorbiaceae
Cheers
N.S.Dungriyal IFS
Chief Conservator of Forests
and Field Director
Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad
M.P.
09424792100
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From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>
To: Indian Tree Pix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 15 January, 2009 8:24:59 PM
Subject: [indiantreepix:7608] 3-lobed tiny fruited sub-shrub
Hello friends,
I have been noticing this plant at Yeoor Hills, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary since after monsoon.
I do not see them in urban area.
Looks like sub-shrub, growing under large trees or even along trails, height of 50 - 75 cms.
Basal leaves are quite large; they look beautiful with large and soft serrated margin, in fact the locals call it katri in Marathi (कातरी).
Katri means indented, serrated, saw-edged; besides it also means a (small) pair of scissors.
The fruit looks like a tiny brinjal, 3 clear lobes can be made out, about 12 - 15 mm.
Not used as vegetable.
Nayan ji, thank you very much for the important clue.
It sure looks like some *Jatropha* ... *J. montana* is synonym of *B.
montanum*
Some of my concerns:
1) *B. montanum* grows as tall as 1.5 m ...
http://ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com/plants/82.html 2) of *B. montanum*, the leaves stay drooping (hang), whereas the plant in
photo has its leaves stay risen, at the most recurve
3) the venations and margins
I will work towards gathering information.
Many thanks to all.
Regards.
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Nayan Singh <ns_dungri...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> I have been noticing this plant at Yeoor Hills, Sanjay Gandhi National
> Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary since after
> monsoon.
> I do not see them in urban area.
> Looks like sub-shrub, growing under large trees or even along trails,
> height of 50 - 75 cms.
> Basal leaves are quite large; they look beautiful with large and soft
> serrated margin, in fact the locals call it *katri* in Marathi (कातरी).
> *Katri* means indented, serrated, saw-edged; besides it also means a
> (small) pair of scissors.
> The fruit looks like a tiny brinjal, 3 clear lobes can be made out, about
> 12 - 15 mm.
> Not used as vegetable.
Nayan ji, thanks a lot for this identification ... I took some time to be
back on this ... frankly, I was trying to find other *Baliospermum* species
and their distribution, especially in the Western Ghats.
The search results however pointed out that *B. axillare* and *B.
solanifolium* are but synonyms of B. montanum.
Thanks to Narsimha ji too, for seconding the identification.
Barry, your hunch that it could be a Solanaceae member was not altogether
wrong; in fact, the fruit looks so much like a tiny brinjal, that I too was
considering it to be a species from Solanaceae family.
*B. solanifolium* supports !!
Regards to all.
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Nayan Singh <ns_dungri...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> I have been noticing this plant at Yeoor Hills, Sanjay Gandhi National
> Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary since after
> monsoon.
> I do not see them in urban area.
> Looks like sub-shrub, growing under large trees or even along trails,
> height of 50 - 75 cms.
> Basal leaves are quite large; they look beautiful with large and soft
> serrated margin, in fact the locals call it *katri* in Marathi (कातरी).
> *Katri* means indented, serrated, saw-edged; besides it also means a
> (small) pair of scissors.
> The fruit looks like a tiny brinjal, 3 clear lobes can be made out, about
> 12 - 15 mm.
> Not used as vegetable.
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