Vijayasankar ji I would be be interested to know possible identity of my plant.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:50 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Shrikant ji, > > As per the link > http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Physalis_longifolia_page.html it > doesn't seem to be P. longifolia whose anthers are yellow and even the > fruiting calyx doesn't match. > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Vijayasankar ji >> It is interesting to have another species in contention from the minima >> complex. Differentiating key for P. minima, P. angulata and P. lagascae are >> available at Eflora of China website. Could you kindly provide key to >> separate P. longifolia from these? >> >> >> -- >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Gurucharanji, >>> Please note that pedicel of *P. angulata* could range from 7 -10mm while >>> on anthesis. according to this source: >>> http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/physalis_minima.htm >>> <http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/physalis_minima.htm> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> The taxonomy of this *Physalis* spp. triggering out many inputs and >>>> questions. >>>> >>>> As Vijayasankarji suggested, why don't we include a line of 'source' to >>>> the material referred? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:15 AM, R. Vijayasankar < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Tanay and others, i feel, if the information is taken from some >>>>> other site or publication, and* if it goes into the group's database*, i >>>>> think we have to provide/acknowledge the source or the original authors' >>>>> names, as a courtesy and also to avoid copyright issues. Thanks for your >>>>> kind service. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:16 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear Gurcharan ji And Shrikant ji , >>>>>> I am adding complete description of the plant and also other details >>>>>> and using bold text for similar character with these photos >>>>>> >>>>>> *Physalis minima Linn.* >>>>>> >>>>>> *Family:* Solanaceae >>>>>> >>>>>> *English names:* Wild capegooseberry >>>>>> >>>>>> *Indian names:* *kupanti, budda, budamma* (Andhra Pradesh); *ban >>>>>> tipariya* (Bengal); *parpoti, popti *(Gujrat); *rasbhary* (Himachal >>>>>> Pradesh); *tulati pati *(Hindi); *gudde hannu* (Karnataka); *njodi >>>>>> njotta* (Kerala); *chirboti, dhan mori *(Maharashtra); >>>>>> *tholtakalli*(Tamilnadu). >>>>>> >>>>>> *Physalis minima* Linn. is commonly found on the bunds of the fields, >>>>>> wastelands, around the houses, on roadsides, etc., where the soil is >>>>>> porous >>>>>> and rich in organic matter. It is an annual herbaceous plant having a >>>>>> very >>>>>> delicate stem and leaves. It is found growing in the sub-Himalayas up to >>>>>> altitudes of 1,650 metres. According to Duthie (1905), it also grows in >>>>>> Afghanistan, Baluchistan, tropical Africa, Australia. Ceylon, etc. >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> Morphology >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> A small, delicate, erect, annual, pubescent herb, 1.5 metres tall; >>>>>> internodal length, 8.2 cm; more or less the whole plant is pubescent. >>>>>> >>>>>> Leaves, *petiolate (4.1 cm long)*, ovate to cordate, pubescent, >>>>>> delicate, exstipulate, *acuminate, having reticulate palmate venation >>>>>> and undulate margins*; *dorsal surface of the leaves, dark green and >>>>>> the ventral surface, light green*; 9.7 cm long and 8.1 cm broad. >>>>>> >>>>>> Flowers, *pedicellate having 1.2 cm long pedice*l, hermaphrodite, >>>>>> complete, solitary, small companulate, 1.2 to 1.4 cm in diameter;* calyx; >>>>>> gamosepalous, 5-toothed, actinomorphic, green, persistent, downy; >>>>>> corolla, >>>>>> gamopetalous with five petals, the petal cup, 1.1 to 1.3 cm long, yellow, >>>>>> having five black spots on yellow ground in the middle of the corolla >>>>>> cup; >>>>>> stamens, five, epipetalous, 6 to 7 mm long, having a black filament and >>>>>> greenish-yellow anther lobes; style, black, 9 min long, having a >>>>>> yellowish >>>>>> stigma at the top and a yellowish round ovary at the base.* >>>>>> >>>>>> *Fruit, a berry, enclosed within the enlarged, 10-ribbed, >>>>>> reticulately veined calyx*, which is 4.1 cm long and 2.5 cm broad; >>>>>> berries, stalked (stalk, 2.2 cm long), almost round having a >>>>>> pinhead-sized >>>>>> depression at the end; diameter, 1.4 to 1.6 cm; weight, 2.15 g; volume, >>>>>> 1.32 >>>>>> ml; fully mature fruits primrose yellow 601/2 at full maturity. >>>>>> >>>>>> Seeds, globose, Dresden yellow 64/3; weight and volume of l00 seeds, >>>>>> 113 mg and 197 microlitres respectively. >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> The flowering and fruiting season >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> The flowers appear in acropetal succession, i.e. the lower flowers >>>>>> appear and form fruits earlier than the upper ones, which emerge as well >>>>>> as >>>>>> set fruit later. In this way, the flowering and fruiting season of this >>>>>> plant starts from March-April and continues up to the end of November. >>>>>> The >>>>>> fruiting starts from the middle of August and continues till the end of >>>>>> November. The peak fruiting season in the Solan area, however, is >>>>>> October. >>>>>> >>>>>> *Chemical composition of the fruit* >>>>>> >>>>>> The fruit is juicy, containing 61.4 per cent extractable juice and >>>>>> 76.7 per cent moisture. The total soluble solids content of the juice is >>>>>> 12.5 per cent. The acidity of the juice is 1.84 per cent. The fruits >>>>>> contain >>>>>> 5.97 per cent total sugars, 3 per cent reducing sugars, 2.81 per cent >>>>>> non-reducing sugars, 0.64 per cent tannins and 0.52 percent pectin. They >>>>>> contain a good amount of vitamin C which is 24.45 mg per 100 ml of juice. >>>>>> >>>>>> The mineral content of the fruit, as represented by its ash, is 1.216 >>>>>> per cent. The protein content of the fruit is 2.75 per cent. The content >>>>>> of >>>>>> some of the important minerals of the fruits, viz. phosphorus, potassium, >>>>>> calcium, magnesium and iron is 0.108. 0.613, 0.024, 0.056 and 0.006 per >>>>>> cent >>>>>> respectively. >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> Medicinal properties >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> Kirtikar and Basu (1935) have reported that the plants of *Physalis >>>>>> minima* Linn. are bitter, appetizing, tonic, diuretic, laxative, >>>>>> useful in inflammations, enlargement of the spleen and abdominal >>>>>> troubles. >>>>>> The fruit is considered to be a tonic, diuretic and purgative in the >>>>>> Punjab. >>>>>> The *mundas* (a tribe) of Chhota Nagpur mix the juice of the leaves >>>>>> with water and mustard oil and use it as a remedy against earache. >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> Utilization >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> The fruits are covered by the persistent calyx which protects them >>>>>> from external injury. They are eaten and liked by all. They are juicy >>>>>> and, >>>>>> as is evident from their chemical composition, they are a good source of >>>>>> vitamin C. The raw fruit can also be used as a vegetable. >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Tanay >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 8:28 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Sir, your plant too seems P. longifolia Nutt. as the one posted by >>>>>>> Dineshji. Anthers are said to be greenish-blue. Regards, Shrikant >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 10, 6:59 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> > Dinesh ji's upload has put me in dilemma. If we go by the paper >>>>>>> kindly >>>>>>> > suggested by Muthu ji (and it can't be ignored being a very recent >>>>>>> paper in >>>>>>> > a reputed Journal), then my plant fits P. lagascae in leaves, >>>>>>> flowers, >>>>>>> > anthers and overall appearance, but when we look at fruiting calyx >>>>>>> the size, >>>>>>> > shape and colour does not allow you to ignore P. angulata as per >>>>>>> this paper. >>>>>>> > I would request colleagues to kindly give your opinion. >>>>>>> > It is another matter that some authorities (GRIN) consider P. >>>>>>> lagascae >>>>>>> > as synonym of P. minima. Then we have to decide between P. minima >>>>>>> (Pl. >>>>>>> > lagascae) or P. angulata. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > -- >>>>>>> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>>>> > Retired Associate Professor >>>>>>> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>>>> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>>>> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Physalis-minima-Delhi-1.jpg >>>>>>> > 169KViewDownload >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Physalis-minima-Delhi-2.jpg >>>>>>> > 176KViewDownload >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Physalis-minima-Delhi-3.jpg >>>>>>> > 194KViewDownload >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Muthu Karthick, N >>>> Junior Research Fellow >>>> Care Earth Trust >>>> Chennai - 61 >>>> www.careearthtrust.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > With regards > > R. 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