Near Neil Thanks for information, and photograph of T. sinensis However, T. cordifolia is not synonym of T. cordifolia. Both occur in India. A new species of Tinospora has been published from Kerala in 2009. Here is the link.
http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FEJB%2FEJB66_01%2FS0960428609005204a.pdf&code=3ef7f3e8fc5f2ecdd36eebf438633b36 Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Soares To: indiantreepix ; Gurcharan Singh Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:18229] Tinospora cordifolia ID 120909GS1 Hi Prof. Singh, Dr.M.R.Almeida in his 'Flora of Maharashtra' has listed 2 species of Tinospora: 1. Tinospora glabra [T.cordifolia] & 2.Tinospora sinensis [T.malabarica]. Sending you a photograph of T. sinensis [T.malabarica]. This was identified by Dr.Almeida on a visit to my farm near Bombay in August 2007. With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Sat, 9/12/09, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Subject: [indiantreepix:18229] Tinospora cordifolia ID 120909GS1 To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2:44 PM Sending photographs of Tinospora cordifolia ID 120909GS1 for verification and help Needing help in clearing my doubts on Tinospora cordifolia, which was in news recently as cure for swine flue. We have one species of Tinospora reported from our area: Tinospora cordifolia, and that was fine until I consulted Efloras of Pakistan and China. Both Flora of British India and Indian Trees by Brandis differentiate T. cordifolia Miers and T. malabarica Miers as followes: T. cordifolia: Leaves cordate, glabrous, 5-10 cm diam., acute or acuminate; petiole 4-7 cm long.(flowers yellow; drupes red, size of small cherry or pea) T. malabarica: Leaves ovate-cordate, pubescent above wooly beneath, 7-15 cm diam, acuminate. petiole 10 cm, hairy. (flowers yellow, drupes red) I have not seen plant in flowering but have noticed a few things. The leaves in our specimens are totally glabrous, but may reach size of up to 20 cm, especially in open situations climbing on trees. I have also noticed that although in deep forest areas leaves are totally shed for atleast 4-5 months, few branches have leaves for almost the whole year in open situations. Eflora of Pakistan believes that T. cordifolia of Hook.f. & Thoms. is not the T. cordifolia of Miers, and rather T. malabarica Miers. which is widely cultivated in India, Pakistan, Burma and Sri Lanka. It is locally known as Giloe. Flora of China, on the other hand do not mention anything about T. malabarica Miers (which is correctly (DC) Miers), relegate both T. malabarica (Lam.) Hook.f. et Thoms. and T. tomentosa (Coleb.) Hook.f. & Thoms. of FBI as synonyms of T. sinensis (Lour.) Merrill. With this information, the correct identity of our material is further confusing. Any member having photographs of true T. malabarica (with tomentose leaves and branches) may kindly upload the same, to help resolve the issue. I am uploading my photographs of what I know as T. cordifolia, growing in Delhi Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
