Excellent pictures, Mr. Neil. Good size of tuber and really nice fruits. I guess the leaves of this plant are dried hence not seen in the pictures.
Regards Vijayasankar On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dr.Vijayasankar, > Thanks for confirming the id. Was with Pravin at Kanakeshwar over the > weekend. Sending a few photographs of another specimen. > Regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Mon, 10/4/10, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Vijayasankar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:49434] Adenia holanda > To: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Pravin Kawale" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" < > [email protected]> > Date: Monday, October 4, 2010, 9:24 PM > > > 'Hondala' is *Sinhala* name for the plant. > This medicinal plant is said to be poisonous too. > Regards > > Vijayasankar > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Nice....what does HONDALA stand for by the way? > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Vijayasankar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Yes Pravin ji, it is Adenia hondala of Passifloraceae. The tuber is > > characteristically partly epigeal; the leaves have gland spots near > petiole; > > and the fruits also confirm the id. > > Regards > > > > Vijayasankar > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Pravin Kawale > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> Is it Adenia holanda ? > >> Pl. validate > >> Yesterday at Kanakeshwar,Alibag > >> Thanks in advance > >> > >> > >> DSC08983.JPG > >> DSC08981.JPG > >> DSC08977.JPG > >> DSC08984.JPG > >> > >> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > >> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > >
