Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji On 22 Oct 2016 7:54 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> I am in agreement that this is a buckwheat (*Fagopyrum esculentum*) - > widely cultivated in the Himalaya, especially in the higher inner valleys > above 1800m > the lowest part of Ladakh is some 2700m). > > There are 3 buckwheats recorded from Ladakh. *F.tartaricum* (which has > less conspicuous flower-clusters usually greenish flowers and nultes with > rough faces & toothed wavy angles) is even hardier than the above species > but of poorer quality; it may be cultivated up to 4000m. > Klimes found it often escapes from cultivation, a weed in fields, gardens, > ditches and irrigation channels, spreading along roads and trails. > > There is also *F.kashmirianum* - which was not known to Stewart published > by Munshi. It is not in Polygoanceae of 'Flora of Pakistan' with records > from Kashmir & now Ladakh: > > is very close to *F. tataricum *but differs in having much pubescent > > petioles; hastate deltoid lamina; tubular, partite, much pubescent(at > base) ochrea; more or less equal > > perianth segments and keeled (at base) achenes - so clearly not the plant > photographed on the way to Shang-sumdo. > > > On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 11:57:15 AM UTC+1, Ushaprabha wrote: > >> Id of the plant.pl >> location -Hemis sanctuary, on the way to Shang-sumdo from Kongmarula. >> on 7th August 16. >> >> ushaprabha. >> > -- > 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 https://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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
