Dear TSP kumarji, As per the morphological features of C. karnatakensis your specimen is distinct from this by means of sheathing leaf base (against base unequal and slightly cordate), long petiole (against short, upto 6 cm), petiole and sheath green coloured (against purple tinged or rarely green), presence of prominent coma bracts (against coma bracts absent) and many minor characters. The flower and bracts colour in *Curcuma* is variable (for reference please go through the attachment). You please also check the colour of rhizome, in C. karnataknsis it is flesh cream coloured with a slight mango ginger flavour (it is absent in C. pseudomontana. In C. pseudomontana petiole lengthnis varies from 60-70 cm). You can easily distinguish C. karnatakensis from C. pseudomontana by means of the presence of sessile tubers (against absence of sessile tubers) and flesh cream coloured rhizome (against yellow coloured at centre).
Regards Prabhu On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:00 PM, tsp kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Sanjay Auti ji,Thanks for the ID suggestion but what intrigues me is the > yellow band starting from the lip and extending to the throat of the > corolla said to be unique to Curcuma karnatakensis....! Keeping my fingers > crossed...! > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Sanjay Auti <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Kumar Ji, >> >> I think its Curcuma pesudomontana >> >> Sanjay >> >> On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10:46:06 PM UTC+5:30, tsp kumar wrote: >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> >>> >>> Kindly identify the specimen which I believe is* Curcuma karnatakensis * >>> (Zingiberaceae) said to be endemic to Karnataka. >>> >>> >>> Ref: >>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Carnatic%20Curcuma.html >>> >>> >>> Habit:Herb >>> >>> >>> >>> Habitat:Wild,Moist deciduous forest floor. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sighting: Bhadra Tiger Reserve,Chikmagalur,about 1000 msl. >>> >>> >>> >>> Date:16-08-2014 >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks and regards >>> >>> tspkumar >>> >>> Deputy Conservator of Forests >>> >>> Working Plan >>> >>> Chikmagalur >>> >>> Ph:988057158 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *“We have not inherited this planet from our forefathers, we have >>> borrowed it from our children”-An American proverb* >>> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- *Dr. Prabhukumar KM* Scientist Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division & 'CMPR' Herbarium Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India *E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* -- 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.
