Nanu ji The highly crisped leaves suggest M. crispa (M. aquatica var. crispa) now considered as synonym of M. spicata. Also stem and leaves of M. xpiperita are usually hairy. I find them glabrous here.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Nanu Rathore <[email protected]> wrote: > Respected Dr. Singh, > > Please could you clear this doubt. The email i forwarded you yesterday > also. Please can u help knowing for sure between Mentha spicata and > piperata. > > Thanks for your understanding! > > Nanu Rathore > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nanu Rathore <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:25453] Is this Mentha piperita? > To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > > > Thank u Dr. Singh. But i was wondering, does the purple stem character > stand true for M. spicata also??? Is it not specific for M. piperata??? any > other sure shot morphological difference between the two species to be > distinduished as M. spicata or piperata??? > > Thanks, > > Best wishes, > Nanu > > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I suppose Mentha spicata >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Nanu Rathore <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Please can you help confirming the identification of this Mentha >>> species??? The flowers are not yet available. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Mrs. Rathore >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
