Dear Prasad Ji, Sorry to let you know that you are confused about its identity. It is Dioscorea sp. The link you have provided is good for Piper nigrum not for this taxon. In Piper nigrum leaves are alternate subtended by solitary fruiting spike, but in this taxon leaves are opposite and spikes are 2-many often. Santhosh
2009/10/15 Mahendra Prasad <[email protected]> > Looks like Piper nigrum, Black Pepper flowers on the vine. The elongated, > heart-shaped leaf and leaf-veins seem like P. nigrum's. Also the long row of > flower buds just starting to open, imply that many fruits in the future. > Heres a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper. Enlarging the pix > of fruiting vines here and comparing with Geeta's pix show similarities. > Also, Black Pepper vines are usually grown in shade on Betel Palms, Areca > catechu, under Coconut Palms, Cocos nucifera. Perhaps, Geeta can give more > detailed info regarding where the pix was shot. I am not sure if > Black Pepper grows in Mumbai, but I have seen isolated plants growing in > Kalyani, 80 kms north of Kolkata. The climate and habitat would be suitable > at SGNP, Mumbai. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* geeta arun <[email protected]> > *To:* indiantreepix <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thu, 1 October, 2009 12:32:41 PM > *Subject:* [indiantreepix:19954] Request for ID > > Resending photographs of a climber. > Place -- Silonda trail - Sanjay Gandhi National Park - Mumbai.-- 14th June > 2009. > Regards, > Geeta Samant. > > ------------------------------ > Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak > peek<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_2/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew> > . > > > > -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
