Thanks, Rakesh ji, for taking the pains and checking it again. -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Fri 3 Jan, 2020, 8:55 AM dr.rakesh Singh, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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