Forwarding for ID Distributed as Argyreia species- Lonavala, Mulshi, Pune <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/convolvulaceae/argyreia/argyreia-species/lonavala-ulshi-pune> Group discussion at identification no100313sn1 (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/HPS_9bzM2cE>
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 9:39:15 AM UTC+5:30 Prabhu kumar KM wrote: > yes, it should be a *Argyreia* sp. > > *Argyreia nervosa* (Burm.f.) Bojer. > Syn: *Convolvulus nervosu*s Burm. f.; *Argyreia speciosa* (L.f.) Sweet > An extensive woody climber with a stout stem; young shoots and branches > covered by a silky white pubescence. Leaves ovate-cordate, apiculate at > tip, 7.5-30 cm in diam., glabrous above, white tomentose(velvety) beneath. > Flowers rose-purple with 7.5-30 cm long white- tomentose peduncles, borne > in axillary many-flowered cymes; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-4 cm > long. Fruits (berries)globose, 2 cm in diam, apiculate, indehiscent. > > *Argyreia populifolia* Choisy > Cilmbing shrubs, stem glabrous, younger parts sparsely pubescent. Leaves > alternate, 8-20 x 5-15 cm, broadly ovate, acute to shortly acuminate at > apex, cordate to round at base, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, densely > pubescent below. Flowers in dense axillary corymbose many-flowered cymes; > peduncles 8-12 cm long; pedicels 0.8-1 cm long. Bracts leafy, varying in > size, 1.5-4 x 0.3-2 cm, ovate to linear lanceolate. Sepals 5, 0.5-0.6 x > 0.4-0.5 cm, sparsely hairy without. Corolla funnel-shaped, pinkish white; > tube 3-4 cm long; limb spreading, 4-6 cm across. Berry globose, 1-1.5 cm > diam; seeds 2-4. Calyx accrescent in fruits. > > *Argyreia sericea* Dalz. > Densely hirsute stout climbing shrubs. Leaves to 13 x 10 cm, deltoid, > ovate to lanceolate, apex acute, base truncate, pubescent above, densely > hirsute below; petiole to 4 cm. Cymes axillary; bracts 4 x 1.5 cm, oblong, > tomentose; peduncles to 10 cm, pubescent; calyx lobes 1 x 0.5 cm, > oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, except the overlapping part, slightly > unequal; corolla funnel shaped, tube 6 cm long, pink, hirsute on outside, > especially on the conduplication. Berry 3 cm across, fruiting calyx > enlarged. > > > Please compare > > > -- > *Prabhu Kumar K M* > Scientist > Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division > Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) > & 'CMPR' Herbarium > Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala > Kottakkal, Malappuram > *E-mail: [email protected]* > -- 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/964dfce3-dc6e-489b-b423-301559258f93n%40googlegroups.com.
