Maerua oblongifolia (Forsk.) A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 32 1847. (syn: Capparis heteroclita Roxb.; Capparis heterogenea Roxb. ex Steud.; Capparis oblongifolia Forsk.; Crateva oblongifolia Spreng.; Maerua angustifolia A.Rich.; Maerua arenaria (DC.) Hook.fil. & Thoms.; Maerua arenaria var. glabra Hook.fil. & Thoms.; Maerua arenaria var. scabra Hook.fil. & Thoms.; Maerua dasyura Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Maerua oblongifolia A.Rich.; Maerua oblongifolia var. glabra (Hook.fil. & Thoms.) N.C.Nair; Maerua oblongifolia var. scabra (Hook.fil. & Thoms.) N.C.Nair; Maerua ovalifolia (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.; Maerua rogeonii A.Chev.; Maerua scabra (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.; Maerua scebelensis Chiov.; Maerua virgata Gilg; Niebuhria arenaria DC.; Niebuhria oblongifolia DC.; Streblocarpus angustifolia (A.Rich.) Endl.; Streblocarpus oblongifolia (Forsk.) Endl.; Streblocarpus ovalifolia Endl. ex Walp.; Streblocarpus scabra Endl. ex Walp.); Egypt (SE-Egypt), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz), Yemen (Aden Desert, Tihama, W-Yemen),
Oman, Pakistan (Sind, Waziristan, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi), India
(widespread), Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Mali,
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, ?Niger, Nigeria, N-Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, South
Sudan, Eritrea, NE-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Benin as per Catalogue of Life; [EfloraofIndia_010212PD02_Maerua oblongifolia_Flora of Odisha]: sharing the images of one of the extremely rare plant from my region, Maerua oblongifolia taken from Ranpur, Nayagarh, Odisha Name: Maerua oblongifolia (Forsk) A. Rich Family: Capparaceae Habit: Woody liana/woody climbing shrub Habitat: Wild in scrub/thorny forests in the foot hills of dry deciduous hill forests Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Odisha Ecological importance: Fruits are favorite diet for Giant squirrels. It is highly drought and high temperature resistant. Only two individuals are reported during the survey.
capparaceae- cleomaceae week 04092013 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 4 authors. Maeurea oblongifolia, ... sending images of the same Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight:: Maerua oblongifolia SMP 16 : 2 images. 3 posts by 3 authors. Maerua oblongifolia Place-Challakarae Dist-Chitradurga,Karnataka Habitat-Dry-land Habit-Woody climber or Herb and associated with Acacia sp. Capparis for identification :: 190314MK :: March 007 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6). Please help me in identifying this Capparaceae shrub; the plant is 2-3 m tall, straggling unarmed shrub found in a dry area; fruits are aggregate. Habitat: canal bund and near agricultural fallow land Date: 05 March 2014 Place: Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary, Sivagangai dist., TN Alt.: 115 m asl Good pictures of Maerua oblongifolia. Yes Maerua oblongifolia from me too. Maerua arenaria Hook. f. & Thomson, (= Maerua ovalifolia Cambess), climbing shrub from Manmad area of Nashik Dt, Maharashtra Ihad posted picture as M.Oblongifolia from nandgaon last year are the two different ? THANK YOU SIR FOR POSTING SUCH PHOTOS. HOW CAN WE DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM M. OBLINGIFOLIA ? Both of them are synonym only. Need id assistance of JNU campus plant 170415SP1-4 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) I need id assistance of following 4 images belonging to Capparaceous taxon Date:17/04/15 Locality: JNU New Campus Maerua sp. (oblongifolia) ? efi page on Capparis oblongifolia (syn: Maerua oblongifolia) Maerua will not contain spines. It will be a species of Capparis only. Species is Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.Rich. Reasons: Looking like large shrub, Sepals 4, fused forming a tube, Only two species of Maerua in India M. apetala & M. oblongifolia, M. oblongofolia because petals are present, small greenish-yellow, Yes It is Maerua oblongifolia Syn. Maerua cylindrocarpa. It is very common in E.ghats
It is my pleasure to share few images of Maerua oblongifolia (Capparaceae) Ref:http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=1036&cat=1 Habit: Shrub Habitat: Scrub forest Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 900 msl Date: 22-02-2015 and 05-03-2015 Sighting: Kalasapura, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 900 msl Date: 25-03-2015 Location: Chennai July 18 Date: This July Place: Maaganium RF. Kanchipuram dt. Attachments (3) great. for sake of completeness you might want to take one good shot of front and another of back of the leaves. i love that you spotted the gree bug. i have no idea of its name, do you know? I don't know. But our brains can give a unique ID for any new species we see new ...
Perennial vine liana - east Rajasthan : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. Perennial like vine, brittle leaves, maybe Sandlewood sp fruiting and casting leaves in mid summer. Fruits interior are like glueberry Location : eastern Rajasthan Free seeds available-post for whom correctly identify – if want some. photo 1 - fruit,,,,, photo 2 - leaves ,,,, photo 3 fruit interior update - id by ...- Maerua oblongifolia Maerua oblongifolia, Capparaceae member, References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 Wikipedia India Biodiversity Portal (Maerua oblongifolia A.Rich.) Flora of Pakistan (Maerua arenaria (DC.) Hook. f. & Thorns. in Hook.f. with Maerua ovalifolia Camb., Maerua scabra Camb. & Niebuhria arenaria DC. as syn.) Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhar Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (Keys- Maerua oblongifolia & apetala & Description) (Maerua oblongifolia A.Rich. with Capparis oblongifolia Forssk., Maerua arenaria (DC.) Hook. f. & Thorns. in Hook.f. & Niebuhria arenaria DC. as synonyms) |
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