Thank you , Garg sir , Just now checked . . . Crushed leaves smell good , sweet , pleasant , similar to Hyptis suaveolens But not as strong . No smell on handling or otherwise .
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 12:30 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Rakesh ji, for the wonderful images. > Your plant is certainly Bergia suffruticosa > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062946> as > per keys at Flora of Pakistan > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=103833> and > as per details below from this: > > *Bergia suffruticosa* (Delile) Fenzl. > Aromatic, perennial, woody at base, *decumbent or spreading undershrub, > glandular-pubescent*, the older stems glabrous with deciduous papery > bark. Branches numerous, opposite, stiff. *Leaves opposite or often > pseudoverticillate*, sessile or subsessile, *obovate-oblong to > oblanceolate or elliptic, 3-30 mm long, 2-10 mm broad*, acute to obtuse, > *crenate > or minutely serrate, often revolute*, *densely pubescent;* *stipules > linear or lanceolate*, *1-3 mm long, pubescent*. Inflorescence axillary > solitary or loose fasciculate cyme of 2-8 flowers. Flowers white to > pinkish, usually 5-merous, 4-5 mm across, *pedicel 1-5.5 mm long, > glandular pubescent*. *Sepals 5, free, ovate, 2.5-4 mm long, acute or > distinctly acuminate, pubescent, keeled*, *margins hyaline membranous*, > *hairy*. Petals 5, free, obovate-oblong, equal to or slightly longer than > the sepals, 3-4 mm long, obtuse, entire, white to pinkish, transparent. > Stamens 10, equal or alternately long or short; Carpels 5, united; ovary > ovoid, distinctly 5, sulcate; styles 5, free, straight. Capsule whitish > pink, ovoid, 5-locular. Seeds numerous, minute, shining, oblong-ellipsoid, > dark brown to black. > Fl. Per. August-April. > > *Bergia aestivosa* Wight & Arnott > Non-aromatic, woody at base, *glabrous or sub-glabrous, erect, 30-40 cm > tall undershrub*. Branches numerous, opposite, thin, long, divaricate. *Leaves > opposite, sub-sessile or shortly petiolate*, *obovate-oblong or narrow > oblong*, *attenuate,* lower leaves 25-30 mm long, 7-10 mm broad, linear > and *very small on branches bearing flowers,* apex acute, *margins > crenate to entire; stipules setaceous, 1-4 mm long*. Inflorescence > solitary or loose axillary fasciculate cyme of 2-4 flowers. Flowers white > to pinkish, 4-5 mm across; pedicel 1-3 mm long. Sepals 5, free, lanceolate, > acute, slightly keeled, *denticulate with glabrous membranous margins*, > 2-3 mm long. Petals 5, free, obovate-oblong, 3-4 mm long, mucronate, > entire, white to pinkish, transparent. Stamens 10, equal or alternately > shorter. Carpels 5, united; ovary ovoid, 5 sulcate; styles 5, free, > straight. Capsule whitish pink, ovoid, 5-locular. Seeds numerous, minute, > dark brown to black. > M. Per. December. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 at 20:27 > Subject: [efloraofindia:338033] Re: Bergia sp. > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > More images from 2015 > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 8:24:52 PM UTC+5:30, dr.rakesh Singh > wrote: >> >> Just saw Bergia posted from Jodhpur , by Tabish Ji . >> I have two species in Surat . >> One , being presented here was collected in 2014 and >> was identified by experts from Gujarat as Bergia odorata . >> After seeing post by Tabish Ji , and id as Bergia suffruticosa , synonym >> Bergia odorata , >> I am in confusion regarding ID of my specimen , particularly disturbing >> is Bergia aestivosa >> listed in EFI . >> Here are the pictures from 2014 and 2015 in separate batches . >> Thank You . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/d4bec735-d411-4af1-8f67-0fcb367854de%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/d4bec735-d411-4af1-8f67-0fcb367854de%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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