*Leea asiatica* (Linnaeus) Ridsdale in Manilal, Bot. Hist. Hort. Malab. 189. 1980.
*Phytolacca asiatica* Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 474. 1753; *Leea crispa*Linnaeus; *L. edgeworthii* Santapau; *L. herbacea* Buchanan-Hamilton; *L. pumila*Kurz. Erect shrubs or small trees. Branchlets terete with longitudinal ridges obtuse, sparsely pubescent. Leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate; stipules deciduous; petiole 3-7 cm, central petiolules 3-6 cm, lateral petiolules 0.7-2.5 cm, pubescent or subglabrate; leaflets oblong, ovate-elliptic, or long ovate, 8-22 × 4-13 cm, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin with rounded and obtuse teeth, apex acuminate or caudate, abaxial surface sparsely with scabrous hairs on veins to sometimes pubescent, adaxial surface glabrous or with sparse bristles on veins; lateral veins 11-15 pairs, adaxial veinlets conspicuously protruding. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, compound dichasial, usually branched at base; peduncle 1.2-2 cm, sparsely pubescent. Involucre narrow, triangular, 0.3-0.5 cm; bracts small, long triangular, 1.5-2 × 0.4-0.6 cm, glabrous. Pedicel 1-2 mm, with papillate hairs; buds ovate-elliptic, 2-3 mm, apex rounded. Calyx tube cupulate, margin undulately lobed. Petals elliptic, 1.5-2.5 mm, glabrous. Staminodial tube 1.2-1.5 mm, with lower part 0.2-0.25 mm, upper 1-1.2 mm, lobes 0.5-0.7 mm. Stamens 5; filaments 0.8-1.2 mm; anthers elliptic, 0.8-1 × 0.4-0.5 mm. Ovary globose; style 0.8-1 mm; stigma expanded slightly. Berry oblate, 0.5-0.7 cm, 4-6-seeded. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Aug-Dec. 2*n *= 48. Tanay On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > ... *Leea* species; most probably *L. asiatica* ... commonly known as: > leea • Hindi: बनचलिता banchalita • Marathi: दिंडा dinda > Regards. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:27 PM, rohit chakravarty > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Please help with the ID of this herb, a few feet tall which is >> the larval food plant of this species of moth. Found at Sanjay Gandhi >> National Park, Mumbai on 27th June '10. >> >> Regards, >> Rohit >> >> -- >> Rohit Chakravarty, >> http://www.mywilddiary.blogspot.com/ >> http://picasaweb.google.com/rohitchak77 >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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) -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
