Garg ji Thanks for validating With regards taffazull On Friday, October 21, 2022 at 4:17:49 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
> Yes, id should be Ok, in view of keys from Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=128835>: > 45 (44) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=128835#KEY-1-44> > Stems > smooth or sparsely aculeolate; flowers purplish red, greenish yellowish, or > whitish; fruit 3.5-4 mm in diam., black at maturity. 37 *R. wallichiana* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242425052> > + Stems rather markedly or sparsely aculeolate; flowers greenish, > yellowish, or whitish; fruit 4-6(-7) mm in diam., orange at maturity. 5 *R. > cordifolia* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022213> > > On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 15:15, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f67106b9-542f-47f8-a693-d4900f1683e1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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