Engelhardtia spicata Lechen ex Blume, Bijdr. 528 1826. (Syn: Engelhardtia aceriflora (Reinw.) Blume; Gyrocarpus pendulus Blanco; Juglans pterococca Roxb. (Unresolved)); A small, deciduous tree with grey bark and woolly shoots. Leaves imparipinnate, 10-25 x 8-12 cm, ovate-oblong. Leaflets 5-11, obtuse or acute, entire, woolly beneath, the terminal one smallest or sometimes aborted. Male flowers in slender catkins, small, green. Stamens 4-5, nearly sessile. Female flowers in pendulous spikes. Calyx hairy, adnate to the ovary. Petals none. Fruit a small, round nut, villous, seated on a 3-lobed bract. Common name: Mauwa • Assamese: lal amiri, lewa, rumgach • Hindi: gadh mauha, mahwa, samma, silapoma • Khasi: dieng lamba, dieng lyba • Lepcha: Savyak, Sugreot-kung • Manipuri: হৈজুগা মানবী Heijuga-manbi • Mizo: hnum • Nepali: मौवा Mauwa
Family: Juglandaceae Loc.: On way to Tuting, Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh (ca 550 msl) Date: 22nd September 2007. We have a few individuals of this species in Morni Hills, when we visited the area earlier, it was not in flowering stage. Hoping to find it blooming some day. Yes I know ... Delhi University Prof. ... had specially asked me to look for this one, but we could not find any in flowering. We too have this species in Sikkim; even in Gangtok itself. Engelhardtia spicata Lechen ex Blume Syn Name: Engelhardtia aceriflora (Reinw.) Blume ; Gyrocarpus pendulus Blanco Family: Juglandaceae. Photographed at Assam (6 July, 2010) Why do people scrape off/slice off bark... as in your 2nd pic above ?? Like other morphological characters, trees could also be identified by their bark. If you touch the bark of the tree and try to feel the texture of the bark, you can experience its texture. It could be uniform, spiny, flaky, smooth or ridged. This method could be useful in case of trees that have reached their age of maturity. The colour of the bark can also be a parameter in identifying trees. In that case, you need to peel off a strip of bark. For instance, if you try to peel the bark of this sp, it breaks down into small strips in the horizontal direction and exposes its pinkish-white layers underneath. You will experience how different kinds of bark peel off in different shaped strips and different colour. Some tree trunks are unique in their appearance, thus, they can be identified easily. But, I hardly ever try this. In this case I was lucky to get a fallen stem due to heavy storm in the day before my field work. a SMALL portion of bark removed generally to observe if any exudate present or not, if present what type and nature. Some plants produce milky, white latex as in the case of Alstonia, some other like Garcinia species exude yellow sap while Red Sanders produce red exudate. This can help in idying the plant. Some Semecarpus produce colourless watery sap which turns brown and sticky on exposure. Slicing of bark also helps to know the thickness of bark and color of inner-bark. I didn't say the inner bark helps in ID (it may be sometimes)...but it is helpful in describing the plant/bark...as in the case of Terminalia arjuna (pl see the picture), the inner bark is reddish, and one can also get to see/measure the thickness of bark when sliced. A small, deciduous tree with grey bark and woolly shoots. Leaves imparipinnate, 10-25 x 8-12 cm, ovate-oblong. Leaflets 5-11, obtuse or acute, entire, woolly beneath, the terminal one smallest or sometimes aborted. Male flowers in slender catkins, small, green. Stamens 4-5, nearly sessile. Female flowers in pendulous spikes. Calyx hairy, adnate to the ovary. Petals none. Fruit a small, round nut, villous, seated on a 3-lobed bract. Was shot from near Tiuni on May 18, 2012. unusual ... last three pics, the fruit bracts remind me of the fingers of YODA from Star Wars raised in admonition of Luke skywalker... in the stentorian voice yet dripping with wisdom and kindness ..." listen to the force... " Kindly help in ID of this tree photographed from Agastamuni in Uttarakhand. This is Engelhardtia spicata ... Thanks a lot ... for quick ID new to me never knew this relative of pecan, walnuts and hicory.whitish green fruiting spike wonderful These hanging leafy brushes looked lovely. There were only a few leaves still on the tree and they were compound. Please advise. Dharamshala, HP 1500m approx. 18 April 2015 This is Engelhardtia spicata ... is absolutely right. love this set of pictures Thank you ... Wikipedia has this to say about the name; The genus name is commonly misspelled "Engelhardtia", a "correction" made by the original author Blume in 1829 and persistent until today, as it was thus entered in the Index Kewensis; the original spelling is Engelhardia. On searching found that it belongs to a less known family Juglandaceae. I have seen this tree in West Sikkim. Engelhardia spicata Lesch. ex Blume, Bijdr. 528. 1826, nom. cons. (Syn: (=) Engelhardia aceriflora (Reinw.) Blume; (=) Pterilema aceriflorum Reinw.); Please identify this tree from Namprikdam, North Sikkim, April - 2015. This is Engelhardtia spicata This is Engelhardtia spicata. Juglandaceae. The tree belongs to the genus Engelhartia and species must be spicata if in the Himalayas. The tree is naturally growing in Manipur state both in plains and hills. The tree is commonly known as Linphop in Manipuri. The tree is Engelhardia spicata Lindl. under the family Juglandaceae. Location: Balthali, Kabhrepalanchowk, Nepal Altitude: 5000 ft. Date: 26 March 2016 Look at the attached paper. I do not know the fate. You have to seach in the list of conserved names. Attachments (1)- E. spicata.pdf Thanks, ... Is the Id Ok otherwise ? Oh yes. Very common in Sikkim, even along roadsides. Nepali Names : Mauwaa मौवा / भाले मौवा Bhale Mauwaa / सेती मौवा seti Mauwaa A tree, on way to Bomdila, A.P. for id. Englehardia sp. (Juglandaceae) Engelhardia spicata Lesch. ex Bl. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) - around 600 kb each. Location: Soureni, India Date: 7 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft Habit : Wild Engelhardia spicata Lechen ex Blume : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)- around 700 kb. Location: Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur Date: 28 April 2019 Elevation: 1519 m. Habit : Wild Engelhardtia spicata Family: Juglandaceae Mauwa, Gadh mauha, Samma Shalaghat, Himachal Pradesh May 2019 References: |
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