It seems my mail about Piper longum has stirred Janaki ji. The only thing I can say now that my photograph matches with posted earlier on Indiantreepix, but is different from link on the left (Mother Herbs). My plant and that posted earlier on Indiantreepix have broader leaves with clasping base, whereas Mother Herbs..... plant seems to have longer, narrower leaves without clasping base, and a very short petiole. I will try to collect more information when I go to the University tomorrow.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 ----- Original Message ----- From: JANAKI TURAGA To: treepix Indian Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:23 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:18002] Fwd: Piper hapnium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> Date: Sep 8, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Piper hapnium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. To: santhosh kumar es <[email protected]> Dear Santosh I hope the Piper var. mail has come through to the group. I again reactivated it. But it has not yet made it to my inbox. Thanks for posting this Piper. Some general questions about this pepper: Is this used by people and if so how-medicine/food as a spice etc. Which part of Western Ghats is this found? Are other Pipers-for ex. Piper longum found in the same area as this Piper? How do we identify this Piper if we come across it in the field? Would appreciate if you could clarify these questions. Janaki Turaga On 9/8/09, santhosh kumar es <[email protected]> wrote: Piper hapnium an endangered and endemic Piper of the Western Ghats. -- SANTHOSH ----------------------------------- Dr. E S SANTHOSH KUMAR Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala, India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com Please consider your environmental responsibility:Before printing this e-mail, ask yourself whether you need a hard copy! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
