Thank you Sir Ji . i will try to get hold of some interesting plant from eastern himalaya.
Regards Tanay On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > A very interesting plant Tanay, thanks for this interesting upload. We were > long waiting for interesting plants from Eastern Himalayas. Hope to see > more. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired 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 Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:57 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Specific Epithet: Solanum mammosum L.* >> *Date/Time-* *November 2008* >> >> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-* *Darjeeling/ 2000 m above sea level* >> >> *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* *Wild* >> >> *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-* *Annual to shrubby perennial** >> * >> >> *Height/Length-* *1.5-2 meters* >> >> *Stem-* *flexuous, white and brown simple pubescent with a few >> porrect-stellate hair clusters, with spines 11-14 mm long, flattened, >> straight or curved. *** >> >> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* *Leaves** with petioles 20-45 mm long, blades >> orbicular in outline, 6-14 x 7-14 cm, base slightly cordate, apex acute, >> margins sharply angular or dentate, white pilose on both surfaces, acicular >> spines on midrib and veins below.*** >> >> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-** **Inflorescence** congested umbelliform, 1- >> or 2- to 6-flowered.* >> >> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* *Pedicels 6-10 mm long, villose; >> calyx campanulate, 5 mm in diameter, lobes linear acuminate 5 mm long, >> villose; corolla 18-24 mm long, lobes lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, purple; >> anthers 9-12 mm long.*** >> >> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-* *Berry** 32-60 mm long, 30-45 mm in >> diameter, mammose, the basal protuberances 3 or 5, orange, shiny.* >> >> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc. -* *It is >> reputed to have medicinal use <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbalism> in >> various treatments, from athlete's >> foot<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlete%27s_foot>to irritability and >> restlessness, and is sometimes used as a >> detergent <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detergent>. It is imported to >> Taiwan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan> for use as a religious >> offering.*** >> >> *References:* >> >> Hancock, I. R./Henderson, C. P. >> 1988.<http://www.hear.org/pier/references/pierref000428.htm>Flora of the >> Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin No. 7. Ministry of >> Agriculture and Lands, Honiara. 203 pp. >> >> Howard, Richard A. >> 1989.<http://www.hear.org/pier/references/pierref000383.htm>Flora of the >> Lesser Antilles: Leeward and Windward Islands. Vol. 6 >> Dicotyledoneae-Part 3 Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 658 pp. >> >> Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. >> 2008.<http://www.hear.org/pier/references/pierref000529.htm>Annotated >> checklist of cultivated plants of Hawai‘i (online searchable >> database). >> >> MacKee, H. S. >> 1994.<http://www.hear.org/pier/references/pierref000360.htm>Catalogue des >> plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Muséum >> National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 164 p. >> >> Smith, Albert C. >> 1991.<http://www.hear.org/pier/references/pierref000007.htm>Flora Vitiensis >> nova: a new flora of Fiji. National Tropical Botanical >> Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. Volume 5. 626 pp. >> >> U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. >> 2008.<http://www.hear.org/pier/references/pierref000300.htm>National Genetic >> Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network >> (GRIN). Online searchable database. >> >> Whistler, W. A. >> 1988.<http://www.hear.org/pier/references/pierref000010.htm>Checklist of the >> weed flora of western Polynesia. Technical Paper No. 194, >> South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. 69 pp. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" 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 > Retired 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/ > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.
