On a Collection of Bauhinia Acuminata Linn. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) from Myanmar

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by  S Bandyopadhyay

MISCELLANEOUSNOTES
verymoistandcool localitiesunderthe shade of district.
huge trees like Madhuca latifolia, Albizia Study of the various floras of Rajasthan
lebbeck, Terminalia bellirica, Tectona grandis (Mehta 1979, Sharma and Tiagi 1979, Singh
and Buchanania lanzan. The simple, cordate 1983, Shetty and Singh 1983, 1987-93) reveals
leaveswereexceptionallygiantsized,andnearly that so far only two species of Leea, namely
as broad as long. The second and third leaves L. edgeworthiiandL. indicahavebeenrecorded
measured 69-72 x 60-69 cm across. The lower- from Rajasthan and L. macrophylla is a new
mostandthe uppermostleaveswere smaller. As addition to the flora of this state, hence worth
many as 4-5 leaves were present on each main placing on record.
stem. Remains of the stems from the previous
monsoonwere also visible onmanyplants. This Acknowledgements
species is known to the locals as “Hasti-kam”
i.e. elephant ears. I thank Mr. U.M. Sahai, Conservator of
In the adjoining Udaipur district, Forests, forworkfacilities, andMr. P.R. Verma,
Rajasthan,threeplantswereobservednearTaloi Mr. S.K. Pal, Mr. R.S. Shekhawat and Prof.
village in Toma (I) Forest Block, Kotra Forest Mahesh Chandra Sharma for co-operation. I
Range. There it is called “Hathni” i.e. female thank Dr. P. Joshi, Scientist, TBGRI, Pacha
elephant, by the Bhils, a local tribe ofthe area. Palode,Thiruvananthapuram,forconfirmingthe
Kotra, (situatedintheAravallirange)thesecond identification.
localityofL. macrophylla, isnearly250kmaway
from the first locality i.e. Sitamata, which is at December4, 1998 SATISHKUMARSHARMA
the meeting point of the Aravalli and RangeForest Officer,
the Vindhyan ranges. The presence of Aravalli Afforestation Project,
L. macrophylla in Kotra Forest Range suggests Jhadol 313 702,
that this species may also be present in Jhadol, Udaipur district,
Gogunda and Deola Forest Ranges ofUdaipur Rajasthan, India.
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29. ON A COLLECTION OF BAUHINIA ACUMINATA LINN.
(LEGUMINOSAE: CAESALPINIOIDEAE)FROMMYANMAR
(With one text-figure)
A collection of Bauhinia acuminata L. 8.6 cm. The length of the calyx-limb of this
from Myanmar (labelled “Katha district, near species from Myanmar and its nearby regions,
Ziyatin Forest rest house, 800 ft—(244 m), as given in orinferred fromthe revisionary and
21.viii.1915, C. Gilbert Rogers 994 CAL”) recent floristic accounts, varies from 2-5 cm,
drew my special attention because of the (Chen,LingnanSci. J. 18(4): 489. 1939; deWit,
considerable length ofthe calyx-limb, which is Reinwardtia3(4): 394. 1956; Soe, UnionBurma
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&
J. Life Sci. 5: 310. 1972; Larsen Larsen in
&
Aubreville Leroy (eds.), FI. Cambodge, Laos
& Viet-nam 18: 156. 1980, in Smitinand &
Larsen(eds.),FI. Thailand4(1): 13. 1984; Chen
in Chen (ed.), FI. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 39: 153.
1988; Larsen& LarseninKalkmanetal. (eds.),
FI. Males. 12(2): 445. 1996; Bandyopadhyay et
al. in FI. India 6 - in press). Further, the length
of the calyx-teeth, whenever recorded in the
mm
abovementionedpublications, was c. 3 but
intherelevant specimenfromMyanmar, one of
the calyx-teethmeasures 7 mm. The otherfour,
mm
however, are 3-4 in length.
January 27, 1999 S.BANDYOPADHYAY
Botanical Survey ofIndia,
P.O. Botanic Garden,
Fig. 1: Bauhiniaacuminata Linn.: Calyx Howrah 111 103,
After C. GilbertRogers-994 CAL WestBengal, India.
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30. ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUMLINN. (ASTERACEAE) A NEW RECORD
FORKERALASTATE
Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae), occurrence from Kerala state.
commonlyknownasyarrow,isfoundthroughout Specimen Examined: Munnar Forest
the temperate and boreal zones ofthe northern Area; Idduki district; Kerala; Field No. CIMAP
hemisphere and to a lesser extent, the southern 7118.
&
hemisphere (Chandler et al. 1982). It grows FI. Fr.: August-September.
abundantly throughout America and Europe
(Falk et al. 1975). In India, it is common in the Acknowledgements
Himalaya from Kashmir to Kumaon at 1,050-
3,000 m and is also seen growing in Bombay We thank the Director CIMAP, Lucknow
andtheBelgaon(=Belgaum) areas(Anonymous for encouragement and work facilities, and Dr.
1985). In SouthIndia, it isreported fromNilgiri P. Daniel, BSI, Coimbatore for confirmation of
hills ofTamil Nadu (Henry et al. 1987). It is a the taxon.
popularmedicinalplantusedastonic,stomachic,
haemostatic, antispasmodic, antiseptic and January 18, 1999 S.P.JAIN
antihepatotoxic(Thakuretal. 1989,Anon. 1985, J. SINGH
Falk et al. 1975). S.C. SINGH
Duringasurveyandcollectionofpotential Central Institute ofMedicinal
medicinalplantsin 1992,theplantwasobserved andAromatic Plants,
alongroadsidesinMunnarforestareasofIdduki PO CIMAP, Lucknow226015,
district. Hence, this is the first report of its UttarPradesh, India.
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