On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Recently a lot of discussion took place on the genus Corchorus. > I decided to study maximum characters of this plant found in Pune today. > It appears to be > *Corchorus olitorius* > Suggestive facts.......... > Leaves alternate; Elliptic ovate with rounded base; acute/acuminate at > apex; serrate; lower serratures on both sides prolonged into filiform > appendages(Nicely seen in image2)Flowers in leaf opposed axillary peduncles. > Flowers 1 cm yellow. Sepals 5 oblong apiculate Petals oblong spathulate. > Style short. > Capsule 10 ribbed,long, linear, cyllindric, erect, beaked(?) 5 valved(Seen > in magnified cut section image4) > Cheers > Satish Phadke > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > > > Satish ji Your plant was (and is) definitely C. olitorius. No doubt on that. My plant will have to be relooked (I will do when I reach back Delhi on 13th). -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
