Thanks, Garg ji. Without any fruit to see in this observation, the plant, I think, has more chance to be *Solanum amplexicaulis*. Maybe I am mistaking some other characteristic that points to *S. umbellata* .
Regards, Dinesh On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM JM Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Taking it as *Solena umbellata* (Willd.) W.J. de Wilde & Duyfjes as no > distribution for *Solena heterophylla *Lour. subsp. *heterophylla *as > per Review of the Genus Solena (Cucurbitaceae) > <http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea/2004/00000049/00000001/art00004> > Authors*: *Wilde, W.J.J.O. De; Duyfjes, B.E.E. Source*:* Blumea – > Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 49, Number 1, > May 2004 , pp. 69-81(13) > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: JM Garg <[email protected]> > Date: Monday 8 December, 2014 at 4:07:35 pm UTC+5:30 > Subject: Fwd: fruits & vegetables :: NATIVE, WILD :: Cucurbitaceae » > Solena amplexicaulis > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Dinesh Valke < > [email protected]> > > > I think it should be* Solena heterophylla *Lour. subsp. *heterophylla *as > per DeWilde_Solena_Blumea2004 (1).pdf > > On Monday, 3 January 2011 01:38:17 UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » *Solena amplexicaulis* > *Synonyms*: *Bryonia amplexicaulis, B. hastata, B. nepalensis, B. > umbellata, Karivia umbellata, Melothria amplexicaulis, M. angulata, M. > heterophylla, Momordica umbellata, Solena heterophylla, Zehneria hastata, > Z. umbellata* > > > ¿ *sow-LEE-nah* ? -- pronunciation / meaning not known ... please help. > *am-pleks-ih-KAW-liss* -- clasping the stem > > > *commonly known as*: clasping-stemmed solena, diversely-leaved melothria > • Bengali: kudri • Hindi: अमन्तमूल amantamul, बन काकड़ा ban kakra, तरली > tarali • Kannada: ಬೀಮ್ಪುಳಿ bimpuli • Konkani: गोयंटिणी goimtini • > Malayalam: ഞെരിഞ്ഞാമ്പുളി nerinnampuli • Marathi: गोमेटी gometi • Nepalese: > बन कांकरो ban kankro • Oriya: kamaraja • Rabha: nakal naru • Sanskrit: > अम्ळवेतसः amlavetasah • Tamil: புளிவஞ்சி pulivanci • Telugu: అడవి దొండ > adavi donda, తీగదొండ tigadonda > > > *Native to*: India; distributed in tropical Asia > > > *Edible use (WILD)*: > > ... leaves and unripe fruits (as VEGETABLE) ... eaten by Rabha tribal > community ... NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository > <http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/3771/1/NPR%208%281%29%2064-72.pdf> > > -- 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/CABSQqC3yjHX_R7gLxX%3D5ekkjQ%3D1h8FVpJhJYM9CZOrTVZWx7XQ%40mail.gmail.com.
