Thanks a lot Tanay sir and Dinesh sir! :) On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:02 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:
> *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) > > > -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
