Thanks for the info, Surajit ji.. Actually, I thought the spots on the fruits and stem were some kind of disease....
Hopefully the experts validate the ID... Regards Alka Khare On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 10:21:48 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: > > I hesitate to say , that, if Cuscuta japonica > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018817> (syn. > *C. reflexa* var. *densiflora* > <http://flowers.la.coocan.jp/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta%20japonica.htm>), > which has spotted stem > http://forests.world.coocan.jp/flora/convolvul-3.html > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fforests.world.coocan.jp%2Fflora%2Fconvolvul-3.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFuszjYDXIFc-wNZPtMUM3AbTQGRA>, > > is not found in India then it is likely to be *C. reflexa*. At least > petal lobes tally. > > Thank you > Regards > surajit > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:56 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> efi page on Cuscuta reflexa >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/convolvulaceae/cuscuta/cuscuta-reflexa> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Alka Khare <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Date: 3 January 2015 at 17:15 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:211860] HP, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID validation >> - Cuscuta (?) :: ARKJAN-05 >> To: [email protected] <javascript:> >> >> >> Hello friends >> >> Requesting to please validate ID of this climber captured near Manali, HP >> in October 2014. >> I hope this is Cuscuta reflexa (based on FoI pics). >> >> 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- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

