Thank you all for the confirmed id. Sennaiyuruvi is the Tamil name. I hope this plant grows in evergreen or moist deciduous forests.
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Achyranthes bidentata > Pankaj > > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> please help to id this Amaranthaceae member. Is this any variety of * >> Achyranthes* species? >> >> *Date/Time-* >> >> 06-11-2010 / 1:30 PM >> >> *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* >> >> ca.2200asl; Kodaikanal, TN >> >> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* >> >> roadside; perhaps weed >> >> *Plant Habit-* >> >> straggling herb >> >> *Height/Length-* >> >> ca. 1 M >> >> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* >> >> ca. 10 x 3 cm; reddish margin; >> >> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* >> ca. 10cm long spike >> >> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* >> pinkish >> >> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * >> >> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 09626833911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
