Hi Dinesh, Thanks for re-sending the photographs. I concur. This is Dicliptera foetida [D.zeylanica]. Have seen this plant twice with Dr.Almeida - at Malshej and Mahabaleshwar. Regards, Neil.
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:48064] Fwd: ¿ Peristrophe / Dicliptera ? sp. DV14FEB10-1147 To: "Balkar Arya" <[email protected]> Cc: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, "lexon" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 9:48 PM Many thanks Balkar ji for the validation ... me too hoping it to be Dicliptera foetida (D. zeylanica) ... unfortunately, there is not much discussed about this species on the internet. Waiting for Neil ji / Shrikant ji / others to concur on this ID. Regards. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: Another option is D nasikensis but leaf morphology no match much as nasikensis have elliptic-ovate leaves. D foetida may be a good choice -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
