Yes, I think Operculina turpethum it should be. My first thought was Operculina turpethum, but the flower tube of Operculina turpethum looked much broader to me, compared to that in Neil's pictures. But I guess that was my wrong perception. The buds are really tell-tale. Cheers! - Tabish
On Sep 24, 8:30 am, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil ji, and Tabish, here are some of my photos of *Operculina > turpethum*... please compare, especially the flower bud is tell-tale. > ... those of *M. umbellata* are I believe slender, and that of *O. turpethum > * are almost spherical, and relatively large, with pinkish (or reddish) > tinge. > > ... commonly known as: Indian jalap, St. Thomas lidpod, transparent wood > rose, turpeth root, white day glory • Hindi: निशोथ nisoth, पिठोरी pitohri • > Kannada: ಬಿಳಿತಿಗಡೆ bilitigade, ತಿಗಡೆ ಬೇರು tigade beru • Malayalam: > ത്രികോല്പക്കൊന്ന thrikoolpakkonna • Marathi: निसोत्तर or निशोत्तर nisottar • > Nepalese: निशोधि nishodhi, निशोथ nisoth • Sanskrit: निशोत्र nishotra, > त्रिपुट triputa, त्रिवृथ trivrutha • Tamil: சரளம் caralam, சிவதை civatai, > கும்பஞ்சான் kumpncan, பகன்றை paganrai • Telugu: తెగడ tegada, త్రివృత్ > తెల్లతెగ trivrut tellatega > > *O. turpethum* has host of synonyms: *Argyreia alulata, Convolvulus anceps, > C. maximus, C. turpethum, Ipomoea anceps, I. reptans, I. turpethum, Merremia > turpethum, Spiranthera turpethum.* > > Regards. > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Tabish. Could it be Operculina terpethum? > > Regards, > > Neil. > > > --- On *Thu, 9/24/09, Tabish <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Tabish <[email protected]> > > Subject: [indiantreepix:19351] Re: Please identify this climber > > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 12:49 AM > > > Merremia umbellata? > > - Tabish > > > On Sep 23, 10:45 pm, Neil Soares > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Photographed at Shahapur. Is this a species of Argyreia? > > > Thanks, > > > With regards, > > > Neil Soares. > > > > Argyreia 1.jpg > > > 103KViewDownload > > > > Argyreia 2.jpg > > > 155KViewDownload > > > > Argyreia 3.jpg > > > 153KViewDownload > > > > Argyreia 4.jpg > > > 51KViewDownload > > > > Argyreia 5.jpg > > > 47KViewDownload > > > > 3031136999_456f58d6d2_b.jpg > 24KViewDownload > > 346568232_5fb47f9ab6_b.jpg > 36KViewDownload > > 1963418045_947771a9aa_b.jpg > 51KViewDownload > > 1963436279_7e902bb415_b.jpg > 27KViewDownload > > 2638346599_6c58b1a0fc_b.jpg > 44KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
