Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 265 1894. (Syn: Daphne eriocephala Wall.; Gnidia eriocephala Wall. ex J.Graham; Gnidia eriocephala Meisn.; Gnidia monticola Miq.; Gnidia volkensii Gilg; Lasiosiphon eriocephalus (Wall. ex J. Graham) Decne.; Lasiosiphon eriocephalus var. zeylanicus Meisn.; Lasiosiphon hugelii Meisn.; Lasiosiphon metzianus Miq.; Lasiosiphon rivae (Gilg) H. Pearson); balsam tree, fish poison bush, woolly-headed gnidia • Kannada: mukkudaka, mukuthi, raami • Malayalam: nanju • Marathi: दांतपाडी datpadi, रामेठा rameta • Tamil: nacchinar; A local informed us that the leaves caused swelling that was not painful and is commonly used by people to swell up the udder of the cattle that are up for sale. The plant is a shrub of about 1.5 meters in height. The leaves are about 7-10 cms in length and about 2-3 cms in breadth, dark green above and pale below, coriaceous. Calyx and corolla are thickly covered with white hair.
ID for plant seen at Panchgani: This plant was seen commonly all over Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. A local
informed us that the leaves caused swelling that was not painful and is commonly used by people to swell up the udder of the cattle that are up for sale. The plant is a shrub of about 1.5 meters in height. The leaves are about 7-10 cms in length and about 2-3 cms in breadth, dark green above and pale below, coriaceous. Calyx and corolla are thickly covered with white hair.
Sorry for a real bad taxonomic description. Please help with the identification - Yes Gnidia glauca as far as I remember its used for making fish poison - This is locally known as rametha or Datpadi.
- Gnidia glauca Synonym: Lasiosiphon glaucus
Sinhghad flora #2 | IDReq 08Mar2011AR01: Shrub, Flower size:1-2cms, Height 2-3meters, Leaf-15cms approx Forest hills, Sinhghad, Pune 05 feb 2011
- This looks like Rametha [Gnidia glauca - the Fish Poison Bush] to me.
For Id 161011 NS1: Photographed in d wild at Dajjipur WLS in May2010.
And I have only one pic of this flower. Plz identify ( if it can be, from only this pic ).
Is it Fish Poison Bush ?
Gnidia glauca Syn. Lasiosiphon glaucus Family Thymelaeaceae
KAS Week::(Gnidia glauca-03/10/2012-NJ): Gnidia glauca (Fish Poison Bush- Rametta- Marathi)
Gnidia glauca: Gnidia glauca
Local Marathi name: Rametha, Datpadi At Lonavala,Maharashtra 09Dec,2012 Very nice pictures. This was also abundant in Mahabaleshwar near most points.
Bot. name: Gnidia glauca Family: Thymelaeaceae Date/Time: 12-01-2013 / 08:20AM Location: Dhakoba (Darya Ghat), Maharashtra. Habitat: Wild Plant habit: Large Shrub. Nice photos. It has three varieties var glauca, var insularis and var sisparensis Amazing.... gnida glauca, mahabaleshwar, first week of march growing commonly in open sunny areas small bushy tree, with large bunches of flowers enveloping the plant Yes Gnidia glauca of Thymeliaceae, previously known as Lasiosiphon eriocephalus
ANDEC92 Gnidia glauca : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7). Agumbe, Karnataka 26th December 2014 Yes Common in Western ghats of Maharashtra too. Yes sir. On this trip, I accompanied ... He too was surprised that I got excited when I saw this short tree flowering. He told me that it is quite commonly found in the regions he has explored in Maharashtra. Suitability of trees near water bodies. : 5 posts by 4 authors. Is Gnidia glauca suitable to be grown near water bodies and flowing streams? As far as I know it is not a typical riparian element. It is usually found along slopes and forest borders. But it is not wrong planting few plants in the vicinity of water bodies I guess. if i remember correctly it also called fish poison plant please research it well before planting near water bodies
It is my pleasure to share few images of Gnidia glauca (Thymelaeaceae) Ref: http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=4336&cat=1 Habit: Medium to large shrub. Habitat: Wild, on grassy slopes. Sighting: Mullaianagiri and Bababudangiri, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1500 msl Date: 30-11-2014, 16-12-2014, 09-02-2015 and 11-02-2015 The images are certainly helping in enrichment of knowledge for the Flora of Karnataka.
efloraofindia:'' is this some Cestrum species? at Talegaon Dabhade :Dec 2015: MR-09 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Talegaon Dabhade Pune Dec 2015 Requesting to Id this wild tall shrub with yellow flowers is this some Cestrum species? This is रामेठा rameta, ... Gnidia glauca of Thymeleaceae (sometimes written Thymelaeaceae). Yes Gnidia glauca ... Thank you for the Id. I had never seen this plant before
Mahabaleshwar, MH :: Gnidia glauca :: ARK2020-072 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5) Gnidia glauca Seen near Lodwick point in Mahabaleshwar, MH in March 2020. References:
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