Dear Garg ji, Thanks a lot for the ID I think the ID Is correct. With sincere regards Taffazull
On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 6:54:27 PM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: > To me appears close to images at > https://efloraofindia.com/2014/05/13/rumex-crispus/ > Pl. check. > > On Sun, 28 May 2023 at 16:15, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear members, >> Kindly help identify this *Rumex* species, It is called *Abij *in >> Kashmiri and its leaves are a popular vegetable with a sour taste. All >> photos in this post were taken in the last week of May 2023. Each small >> square of graph in the photo is 1 square millimeter >> Habitat: Wild . A common weed in fields. >> Habit: Herb. Flowering season April-June. Leaves lanceolate up to more >> than 40 cm long and 12cm broad. Flowers in whorled inflorescences ,bracts >> reddish scaly, pedicels 3mm long. Flowers about 2mm dia hermaphrodite. >> Tepals 6 in two whorls. Outer whorl of 3 tepals 0.5mm broad and 1.5 mm >> long. Inner whorl of 3 tepals 2mm broad and 2.5mm long. Color of tepals >> green. Stamens 6 . Anthers much longer than the filaments. Filaments 0.9mm >> long and anthers yellow and nearly1.5 mm long .They hang down as in wind >> pollinated flowers. Ovary three lobed with 3 styles. Stigmas with long >> papillary cells. The 3 styles lie at an angle of 120 degrees to each other >> in the spaces between the inner tepals. After fertilization the 3 inner >> tepals grow and come close together completely enclosing the three lobed >> ovary. Later thick growths resembling seeds appear on these tepals perhaps >> to attract birds. These can become red as the fruit matures. >> It differs from *R.dentatus *in the inner tepals not having spines. It >> differs from *R.acetosus *in having larger leaves and green flowers. >> Notes on Photos: >> PHOTO7: Stamens removed to show 3 styles. Note the three stigmas with >> papillary cells at 120 degrees to each other positioned in the spaces >> between the inner tepals. >> PHOTO9: Flower after fertilization with inner tepals enclosing the ovary >> PHOTO10: Note the thick seed like growths on the inner tepals. >> Regards >> Taffazull >> >> -- >> 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/34fdf0b7-bc60-4e86-8433-276d9a23c03fn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/34fdf0b7-bc60-4e86-8433-276d9a23c03fn%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. 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/131d7b0a-c632-4abe-ab16-7f1abb7faf24n%40googlegroups.com.
