Hello Alka, the leaves of this plant do indeed resemble those posted by you as a vegetable from Pali. It has been puzzling me for some time. In your first two images here the upper leaves are visible and they differ from the lower leaves. It is the upper leaves which are more familiar to me. I think this plant is an Asteraceae which flowers late or after the rains. It may be *Tricholepis glaberrima*. The branching pattern seen partly in your first two photos would also match with *Tricholepis.* This plant is sometimes known as Brahmadandi and it seems to have several ethnomedicinal applications and possibly nutritional uses as well. If you saw the larger leaves for sale only in the month of August this would tally with the emergence of the tender new leaves before the plant shoots up and becomes more rigid.
regards Radha On Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:47:48 PM UTC-7 Alka Khare wrote: > Hello friends > > This was clicked at Peth Kothaligad hill fort near Karjat, MH in September > 2021. > > I strongly suspect, the leaves of this plant to be very similar to the > ones I posted at Pali near Khopoli, MH :: Vegetable for ID :: ARK2019-60 > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/igBHNGhVm6k/m/MwO7VWqDAAAJ>, > although this has been clicked at a completely different location. The > leaves are so similar. > > No fruiting or flowering seen on this plant. > > Requested to please ID. > And also suggest whether the plants in both these posts could be the same. > > Thanks and regards > Alka Khare > -- 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/f40e8129-4e58-4684-a5ed-1f2153a1c636n%40googlegroups.com.
