Thank you Garg ji and Ravindran ji for the possible ID. Since it is a cultivated pant, I will check if I get any further information about the plant from the MNP gardeners/authorities...
Thanks and regards Alka Khare On Monday, June 23, 2014 8:04:04 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > A reply: > "It is surely Piper species. I cannot pinpoint the species, most probably > (90%) it is the South American Piper colubrinum Link. This species was > introduced into India in the late 70s . This is used as a rootstock for > grafting blackpepper to develop"pepper trees"as a means of preventing the > wilt disease caused by Phytophthora and nematodes. This species is immune > to such pathogens. There are male and female plants, but later in the > growth stages bisexual flower production and fruit and seed setting could > be noticed. This is a diploid species with 2n=24/26. (cultivated black > pepper is tetraploid with 2n=48). > With warm regards > Dr PN Ravindran " > > > Thanks, Dr. Ravindran. > > > On 22 June 2014 19:51, J.M. Garg <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Alka Khare <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Date: 16 June 2014 10:03 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:191140] Requesting ID of this big shrub - MNP, >> Mumbai - May 2014 :: 16JUN14 :: ARK-31 >> To: [email protected] <javascript:> >> >> >> Hello friends >> >> Requesting to please ID this big shrub captured in MNP, Mumbai in May >> 2014. >> >> Is it some piper species? >> >> Thanks and Regards >> Alka Khare >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > 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/d/optout.
