it is Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders in Thwates, Enum. 235, 1860; Almeida, Fl. Mah. 4: 7, 2003; Singh et al. Fl. Mah. St. 2: 596, 2001. Synonyms: Justicia gangetica L., Amoen. Acad. 4: 299, 1759. A. violacea Dalz. in Kew. J. Bot. 2: 137, 1850. A. crispata Bth. in Linnaea 24: 647, 1851. A. coromandeliana Wt. ex Nees in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 89, 1832. Cl. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 483, 1884; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 566, 1958 (Repr.). A. zeylanica Koeng ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 42, 1832. Common names: Lavana valli.
regards On Mar 18, 9:26 pm, "R. Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree with Dinesh ji. Its Asystasia gangetica. > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > ... 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%2bunsubscr...@goog > >>> legroups.com> > >>> . > >>> 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%2bunsubscr...@goog > >> legroups.com> > >> . > >> 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]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > > legroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > National Center for Natural Products Research, > The University of Mississippi, > Oxford, MS-38677, USA. -- 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.
