looks like Wild turmeric - Curcuma aromatica. Regards, Mani. * * On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> I am very much doubtful for amada. But anyways, cant confirm! > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:36 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is Curcuma amada commony known as "Mango Ginger" found as wild plant > in > > Bengal. > > Tanay > > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Yeah is is some wild turmeric but not Curcuma longa for sure. > >> Cant be sure of species. But. during summer one of the plants which > >> comes out like this is Curcuma angustifolia. Floral stalk emerges > >> before the foliar stalk. But cant confirm. > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Pankaj ji.... > >> > do u think its some kind of wild turmeric? > >> > well....i took this snap in May 2010. > >> > > >> > regards > >> > Shantanu : ) > >> > > >> > > >> > On 10/6/10, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> This is a Curcuma, but cant be sure of the species. When was it > >> >> flowering? > >> >> Pankaj > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > Hi > >> >> > got this wild flower near a bamboo glade of Shyamkhola few kms away > >> >> > from > >> >> > Kolkata. > >> >> > what flower this can be???? > >> >> > > >> >> > regards > >> >> > Shantanu : ) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> *********************************************** > >> >> "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 > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
