Dear Mahadeswara ji, Thanks for the appreciation. Regards Taffazull On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 9:17:22 AM UTC+5:30 Mahadeswara wrote:
> Taffa ji , > A beautiful presentation of plant parts and narration, which helps > proper ID. > Thanks & Regards, > > 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/3b290f08-b447-4006-99f5-69a942184f0cn%40googlegroups.com.
