Thanks, Tabish ji. On further checking, I agree with your id as Bergia suffruticosa <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/e/elatinaceae/bergia/bergia-suffruticosa>
On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 21:52, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Another difference: *Bergia suffruticosa* is supposed to be prostrate or > spreading undershrub, whereas *Bergia aestivosa* is an erect undershrub. > Have a look at my image j548.jpg showing the prostrate plant. > Tabish > ------------------------------------------- > www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers <http://www.flowersofindia.net> > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:08 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Tabish ji, >> Pl. go through the detailed description from Flora of Pakistan, than you >> will realise: >> *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. >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> On Tue 7 Jan, 2020, 7:06 PM Tabish, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the feedback Garg ji, and pointing to the Rakesh's >>> discussion. Sorry, I was out of station for many days, and away from active >>> email. From the description you posted in the other thread, *Bergia >>> aestivosa *is a hairless plant, with the sepals also hairless. In the >>> images I have posted here, you can see that my plant is quite hairy. *Bergia >>> suffruticosa* on the other hand, is a hairy plant with sepal margins >>> hairy. >>> I have attached a cropped image of my plant - notice the hairy stem >>> and sepals. >>> So I think my plant should be Bergia suffructicosa. >>> Tabish >>> >>> >>> *-------------------------------------------www.flowersofindia.net >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>The waterhole of flower lovers >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 12:33 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected] >>>> <[email protected]>> wrote:Bergia aestivosa Wight & Arnott >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062949>. as >>>> per discussions at Bergia sp. >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/7XRLd2-qc1E> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: J.M. Garg* < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 18:35 >>>> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:337634] TQ-Jodhpur-01 Unid >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: Tabish <[email protected]>, Paradesi Anjaneyulu < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Pl. check with keys in Flora of Pakistan >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=103833> as >>>> below: >>>> 2 (1) >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=103833#KEY-1-1> >>>> Aromatic, >>>> pubescent shrublet, Stipules linear or lanceolate. Cyme of 2-8 flowers. >>>> Sepals ovate, with conspicuous hairs on margins. Bergia suffruticosa >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062946> >>>> + Non- aromatic, glabrous or nearly glabrous shrublet. Stipules >>>> setaceous. Cyme of 2-4 flowers. Sepals lanceolate, denticulate with >>>> glabrous margins. Bergia aestivosa >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062949> >>>> >>>> I feel it may be *Bergia aestivosa* Wight & Arnott >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062949>. >>>> Pl. also see Flora of Gandhinagar >>>> <http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/herb/bergia-suffruticosa> POWO >>>> <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324650-1> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>> From: Tabish <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 21:06 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:337634] TQ-Jodhpur-01 Unid >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> A wild prostrate herb found in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. 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