Gurcharan Ji, i think it is a variation (the species is said to be highly variable). The description in the following reference reads as:
"... Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, acute, *margins irregularly toothed* ,..." http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJB/article/viewFile/1731/1641 On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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