Dear Ritesh Ji, Thank you for the ID.
Nepali Name: मेथी घाँस Methee Ghaas Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:31 PM, C CHADWELL <[email protected] > wrote: > This is a new plant for me not known from NW Himalaya - another Eastern > sub-tropical species recorded from Nepal to Bhutan, India, > Myanamar east to China & Malaysia. 700-1600m in Nepal. > > Recorded in 'Flora of Kathmandu Valley' under name used in FBI: Salomonia > edentula; collected at Godawari 1830m and Surya vinayak @ 1670 known as *Methi > ghans *according to this source. They describe flowers as violet or deep > pink. > > The only other species in this genus in Nepal (indeed anywhere according > to 'The Plant List') is S.ciliata recorded from lower elevations in Nepal @ > 800-1000m also Sikkim, India, Sri Lanka, Myanamar east to China, Japan, > Malaysia and Australia. > > Belongs to Polygalaceae (which I was wondering about when I glanced at the > images). Polygalas are known as 'Milkworts' in the UK. The only Polygala > I have noticed in the Himalaya is P.arillata which strangely, is an erect > shrub, has large pea-like yellow flowers then its capsules turn dark shiny > red. > > P.sibirica is illustrated in 'Flowers of the Himalaya' - the photo having > been taken in Langtang. P.arillata has a line drawing in the main 'Flowers > of the Himalaya'; there are photos of both flowers and fruits in the > Supplement. *I recommend everyone who has a copy of 'Flowers of the > Himalaya' should invest in a copy of the Supplement and if purchasing > 'Flowers of the Himalaya' for the first time do buy a FULL copy NOT the > Concise version, as you miss out on important information.* > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected]; Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, 21 November 2016, 9:09 > *Subject:* Re: SK190NOV10-2016:ID > > Dear Saroj Ji, > Thanks for sharing the images. > This is Salomonia cantoniensis Lour. (Polygalaceae). Long back I had > collected this from Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh. > Regards, > Ritesh. > > On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 4:23:14 PM UTC+5:30, Saroj Kumar Kasaju > wrote: > > Dear Members, > > Location: Pilot Baba Ashram, Bhaktapur , Nepal > Altitude: 5500 ft. > Date: 26 September 2016 > > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > > -- 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.
