Thanks for the feedback Garg ji Needs to carefully assess the plant again by some experts.
Dr Satish Phadke On 21 December 2013 18:56, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Satish ji, > It may not be *Solena amplexicaulis* as it is distributed in Tamil Nadu, > Karnataka, Kerala & *Endemic *as per The Cucurbitaceae of > India<http://www.umsl.edu/~renners/Renner_Pandey_Indian_cucs_2013.pdf> > :Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on > images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013). > Other species are *Solena heterophylla *Lour. subsp. *heterophylla *(syn. > *Melothria heterophylla *(Lour.) Cogn. widely distributed all over India > & > *Solena heterophylla *Lour. subsp. *napaulensis *(Ser.) > W.J.de<http://w.j.de/> Wilde > & Duyfjes distributed in Western Himalaya (Garhwal, Kumaon hills, > Uttarakhand) as per The Cucurbitaceae of > India<http://www.umsl.edu/~renners/Renner_Pandey_Indian_cucs_2013.pdf>. > For differences between two subspecies, pl. see Flora of > China<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220012657> > . > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > Date: 5 August 2011 21:24 > Subject: [efloraofindia:76158] Solena amplexicaulis Syn. Melothria > heterophylla > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > *Solena amplexicaulis* Syn. *Melothria heterophylla* > A climber of Cucurbitaceae family. > Observed growing wild in Mulshi area Western ghats. > Both the names indicate some characters found in it. > The amplexicaul nature of the leaves which also show heterophylly i.e > different types of leaf shapes. > We had discussion on this recently through Prasanna Gogte's post. > Dr Phadke > Some description....Flowers tiny may be less than a cm.Axillary often in > pira or cluster of 3-4 flowers. > Leaves 5-6 cm.Oval but of variable shapes.Tendrils present. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 members & > 1,76,000 messages on 30/11/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
