Thanks for clarifying Saroj ji As almost all the berries are about 3mm in diameter (See photo of plant with berries) so I would take it to be Rubia wallichiana. Again thanks for enabling me to arrive at the correct ID. With regards Taffazull
On Friday, October 21, 2022 at 11:41:27 AM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Berry diameter is 3.5-4 mm in wallichiana and 4-6 mm in cordifolia, both > black color ! > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 11:21 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks Saroj ji but I am puzzled by the size of the fruits as I know very >> little taxonomy. >> Can cordifolia have such tiny fruits or is it some variety of cordifolia. >> There were two larger fruits of 5 mm dia in the entire ensemble (Photo is >> attached) but the vast majority are tiny 2mm dia black fruits. Of course >> the stem is very aciculate with little spines clearly visible in the plant >> photo. >> I would be grateful for a definitive view . >> With regards >> taffazull >> >> >> On Friday, October 21, 2022 at 9:54:48 AM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kumar Kasaju >> wrote: >> >>> Or maybe cordifolia ?? >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:16 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Garg ji but is it validated as Rubia wallichiana ? >>>> with regards >>>> taffazul >>>> >>>> On Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 9:53:09 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks, Taffazul ji, for the details. >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J. M. Garg >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 19 Oct, 2022, 1:35 pm [email protected], <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Kindly confirm if the plant is *Rubia wallichiana* .It was growing >>>>>> in a lawn* in *Srinagar .The stem is aciculate and square.The >>>>>> corolla of the flowers is white and most of the fruits are black and >>>>>> tiny >>>>>> 2-3 mm in dia though a very few were upto 5 mm in dia. >>>>>> >>>>>> Walter R.Lawrence in “The Valley of Kashmir” (1895) Chapter XIII >>>>>> p 344 writes that till Samvat 1923 ( 1866 A.D.) madder was cultivated >>>>>> in >>>>>> Kashmir and its roots sold at 8 Annas per Seer (at present rates about >>>>>> Rs350/Kg.).Rubia wallichiana is even today in use by Monpa people of >>>>>> Tibet >>>>>> and Arunachal Paradesh >>>>>> >>>>>> Yang R et al in their paper published in the *Nature *family Open >>>>>> Access Journal *Science Reports* write that: >>>>>> >>>>>> “ Synthetic dyes not only pollute the environment and damage >>>>>> ecosystems but can also be harmful to human health..Thus, an >>>>>> “eco-efficiency” concept has come into existence to bring economic and >>>>>> environmental viability together.. As a biodegradable and recyclable >>>>>> resource, natural dyes are gradually beginning to receive more attention >>>>>> *..(** Yang, R., Zhang, Y., Ranjitkar, S. et al. Reusing wasteroot >>>>>> of Rubia wallichiana dyeing from Monpa of Tibet in China.* *Sci Rep* >>>>>> *11*, 14331 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93848-8 *)* >>>>>> >>>>>> Cultivation of *Rubia wallichiana* can be promoted as a sunrise >>>>>> industry in Kashmir. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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/5a327517-6b8c-4367-a9a6-1c944a9278fan%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5a327517-6b8c-4367-a9a6-1c944a9278fan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> 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/ab5dc318-755e-476d-b302-8af0900b05ddn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/ab5dc318-755e-476d-b302-8af0900b05ddn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> 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/fe741d7e-8ed2-46c1-bb65-49bb73bb7dbdn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fe741d7e-8ed2-46c1-bb65-49bb73bb7dbdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/f67106b9-542f-47f8-a693-d4900f1683e1n%40googlegroups.com.
