Dear Gurcharan ji, your plant should be *Physalis angulata* L. based on the flower and fruit characters. Fruiting calyx is glabrous, green with purple nerves on it is one of the distinguishing characters. Prof. V.S.Raju et al. have solved the problem in identifying Physalis. Pl check this link for the paper: http://www.plantsystematics.com/qikan/manage/wenzhang/aps06141.pdf
alse pl read: http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJB/article/viewFile/1731/1641 On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. 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