Vijayasankar ji This was my first observation when I uploaded the plant. Flowers, anthers and fruiting calyx match P. angulata, only the leaves put me to doubt. They are supposed to be dentate in 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/ On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:22 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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