Dear Saroj ji, Please help validate the Nepali name मजिठो majitho for *Rubia cordifolia* L. Reference: Rai, Mani. (2006). Medicinal Plants of Tehrathum District, Eastern Nepal. <http://nepjol.info/index.php/ON/article/view/304/296> Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL) - Our Nature (2003) 1: 42-48
Regards. Dinesh On Tuesday 27 August 2019 at 12:08:20 UTC+5:30 Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Image 5. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:22 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I also checked all possible and guessed accordingly . >> >> K001123306 <http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001123306> >> Rubia Cordifolia >> <https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiU29jzt6LkAhVMAXIKHWqrAWwQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamy.com%2Frubia-cordifolia-family-rubiaceae-one-of-the-well-known-and-commonly-used-plants-in-ayurveda-the-roots-yield-a-red-dye-image276860373.html&psig=AOvVaw2j3KvlD-9mEdASDPJJWOo3&ust=1566974058938489> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:10 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What is confusing me is the base of the leaves. >>> For *Rubia cordifolia* Linnaeus: >>> base rounded, truncate, cordulate, or cordate as per FOC >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022213> >>> cordate at base rarely rounded as per FOP >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200022213> >>> >>> For *Rubia alata* Wallich in Roxburgh: >>> base rounded to cordulate as per FOC >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242425041>, >>> leaves look different as per FOC illustration >>> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=120100&flora_id=2> >>> >>> Regarding *Rubia wallichiana* Decaisne, FOC >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242425052> >>> says >>> 'The above description and distribution data of *Rubia wallichiana* >>> have been taken over from H. S. Lo (in FRPS 71(2): 315-316. 1999 >>> <(315)%20316-1999>). There are hardly any differential characters >>> relative to *R. cordifolia* s.s. aside from vague references to less >>> prickly stems or differences in flower and fruit color (see key). In view >>> of all this, we regard *R. wallichiana* as a possible synonym of *R. >>> cordifolia* s.s. but maintain it as a species in the present flora in >>> order to stimulate its clarification' >>> >>> *Rubia charifolia *Wall. ex G.Don looks different as per GBIF >>> <https://www.gbif.org/species/2892258> >>> >>> So on checking all the species listed in Nepal >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=128835>, >>> it is most likely to be *Rubia cordifolia* L. >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rubiaceae/rubia/rubia-cordifolia> >>> or >>> *Rubia manjith* Roxb. ex Fleming >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rubiaceae/rubia/rubia-manjith>, >>> >>> both species closely related as far as leaves are concerned and >>> distinguished based on flowers. >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 at 21:28 >>> Subject: SK 2129 18 August 2019 >>> To: efloraindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear Members, >>> >>> Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu >>> Date: 30 July 2019 >>> Elevation: 1577 m. >>> Habit : Wild >>> >>> Rubia cordifolia L. ?? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> -- 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/142a6fbe-7267-464e-a377-5b01857a9f1cn%40googlegroups.com.
