Dear all the plant in the attached photo is *Bistorta amplexicaulis* (D. Don) Green in Leafl. It is a glamourous example of amplexicaul leaf "a leaf with its base clasping the stem". Below is the description of the plant .
*Bistorta amplexicaulis* (D. Don) Green in Leafl. 1: 21. 1904; Hara, l.c. 69; in Hara et al., l.c.; Grierson & D.G.Long, l.c. 167; Munshi & Javeid, l.c. 60. *Synonym:* Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 1886; Kitamura, Fl. Afghan. 89. 1960; Schiman-Czeika & Rech.f., l.c.; R. R. Stewart, l.c. 203; Bhopal & Chaudhri, l.c. 81. Erect, 35-70 (-100) cm tall, branched or simple, glabrous, perennial, long rhizomatous herb. Stem simple or branched, erect, with few leaves. Leaves 3.0-15 x 1.75-10 cm, broadly lancoelate-ovate, serrate, acuminate, ciliate on midrib and margins, cordate or amplexicaule at base, petiole up to 10 cm long. Ochrea 1.5-5.0 cm long, lanceolate, tubular, acuminate, with two to three long acuminate lobes. Inflorescence 1.5-10.0 cm long, terminal, simple (var. speciosa) or branched (var. alba), many flowered, dense pedunculate raceme, peduncles up to 8.0 cm long. Flowers up to 4.0 mm across, pedicel 1-3 mm long. Ochreolae 3-5 mm long, lanceolate, cartilaginous, with long aristate apex and entire margin. Tepals 5, 2-3.5 x 1.5-2.5 mm, lanceolate to ovate, obtuse, entire, unequal. Stamens 8, filaments thick and short, unequal; anthers dark bluish, subexserted to exserted. Ovary 1-2 x 0.25-0.5 (-0.75) mm, lanceolate, trigonous with three, long, filiform winged and free styles and non-prominent stigma. Nuts 3.0-5.5 x 2.0-3.5 mm, ovate, trigonous and unequal lobes, dark brown to black, glabrous, shining. Regards tanay On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:40 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > Earlier relevant feedback: > “*Probably Bistorta amplexicaulis* > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > "*may be Polygonum sp. ????????"* from Rohit Patel ji. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: shobha chavda <[email protected]> > Date: 5 December 2009 15:13 > Subject: [indiantreepix:24618] Chakarata Flower > To: [email protected] > > > I m posting some of the photos taken in Chakarata in Oct.09 for > identification. > Thanx > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
