... me thinks it to be *Asystasia gangetica* ... commonly known as: asystasia, Ganges primrose, Chinese violet, creeping foxglove • Kannada: ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu • Malayalam: valli-upu-dali • Marathi: लवण वल्ली lavana valli • Sanskrit: लवण वल्ली lavana valli • Tamil: மிதிகீரை miti kirai
Regards. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:11 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Muthu ji, > I hope the plant in the attached photo is .................... > > *Ruellia tuberosa L.,* Sp. Pl. 635. 1753. Maheshw., Fl. Delhi 272. 1963; > Stewart in Nasir & Ali, l.c. 678; Rani & Mathew in Mathew, Fl. Tamal. Carn. > 3(1): 1197. 1982. > An erect, up to 60 (-70) cm tall herb with stout, 4-angled stems, swollen > and purplish at the nodes, tender parts sparsely hairy. Roots slender, > elongated, tuberous. Leaves with up to 2 cm long petiole; lamina > oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 5-9 (-10) x 2-4 cm, shining, basally cuneate > to attenuate, entire to ± undulate, obtuse to somewhat acute, often > mucronulate. Flowers shortly pedicellate, blue-violet, showy, 5-5.5 cm long, > c. 3.5 cm across, solitary or in 1-3-flowered, terminal or axillary cymes; > bracts and bracteoles linear-lanceolate, c. 5 mm long. Calyx lobes ± equal, > linear, 1.3-2 cm long, ciliate, acute. Corolla pubescent outside, tube c. > 3.5 cm long, abruptly narrowed at base, limb 5-lobed, lobes ± equal, ovate, > c. 1.5 cm long, patent. Stamens with oblong-sagittate, c. 4 mm long, > puberulous anthers. Ovary oblong, c. 4 mm long, glabrous; style 2.3-2.5 cm > long. Capsule oblong, 2.2-3 cm long, glabrous or scabrescent, 24-28-seeded, > minutely beaked at tip. Seeds flattened, orbicular, c. 2 mm across, hairy. > > > Regards > Tanay > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Please id this Acantaceae member. >> >> *Date/Time-* >> >> 19-01-2010 / 11:00 AM >> >> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-* >> >> Erode Dist.; ca. 300msl >> >> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* >> >> Fallow lands >> >> *Plant Habit-* >> >> small shrub >> >> *Height/Length-* >> >> Up to 1 metre >> >> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* >> >> Leaves ovate; up to 6cm long >> >> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* >> >> terminal raceme; >> >> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* >> >> pink-violet colored; ca.3 cm across >> >> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * >> >> >> *Other information-* >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth Trust >> Chennai - 61 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> -- >> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- 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.
