Mimusops elengi Linn.
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Description
Equatorial view with a colporus; note the lens-shaped os
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus and perforate intercolpial exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus and a perforate intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 3
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view of a 3- colporate grain in low focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view of a 4- colporate grain with perforate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14560
Code
mimuelen
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000088
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Saldanha, C.J. & Ramamoorthy HFP-38
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
mimuelen
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14560
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-(4-stephano-) colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, circular to tetrangular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 41-50 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 31-49 µm
Apertures
Three colpora to four colpora (stephanocolpora); Colpus elliptic, colpal apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±12.0-13.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic, biconvex and lens-shaped, with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae thin or absent(?)
Exine
Psilate or scabrate, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness: at poles ±2.5 µm; at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Mimusops type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Mimusops elengi in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). SEM of M. caffra (foveolate at x2000 and at x5000, micro/nanno-granular exine with numerous foveolae) and M. lohindri in Lobreau-Callen, D., Straka, H. & Friederich, B. (1984)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Devalkere
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree with rather small leaves scarcely 3 inches long in dry forests; a large tree with much longer leaves in damp localities. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 371. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 538 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
India (Deccan and Carnatic) and Malay Peninsulas. Western Ghats: West coast and lower Ghats, common everywhere in cultivation
Distribution of Genus
57 spp., Tropical Africa, 1 sp. Malysia to Pacific (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 3 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 538 & 539 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Mimusops elengi Linn.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461842