I am not aware of such species, ji. I think your friend meant *Costus igneus *.
Regards ---------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Inderjeet Sethi <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry it is Costus indica according to my botanist friend. > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Inderjeet Sethi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Vijaysankar ji, >> This is *Costa indica* according to one of my colleagues (botanist). This >> plant was growing in her farm. Pls confirm. >> Thanks for identification of ramphal. >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Vijayasankar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> In the absence of flower, i guess the IMG 2136 as *Costus* *pictus*(insulin >>> plant?). >>> IMG 2137 could be *Costus* *dubius*. >>> And the Ramphal_2614 looks like *Annona cherimola*. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >>> Post Doctoral Research Associate >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> Thad Cochran Research Center >>> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 >>> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:57 AM, raju <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Sir, >>>> Are these two pics from the same plant? Is the second one directly >>>> coming from the ground? Because it look like member of Zingiberaceae >>>> (Z zerumbet?). It is just a wild guess.Let wait for others >>>> >>>> Raju Das >>>> >>>> On Jan 3, 10:43 pm, Inderjeet Sethi <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Pls help in the identification. >>>> > This picture was taken in Coorg on 17th Aug 2010. >>>> > Is it by any chance *Garcinia* (kokam) >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > ~ik~ >>>> > Dr.Inderjeet Kaur Sethi >>>> > Associate Professor >>>> > Department of Botany >>>> > SGTB Khalsa College >>>> > University of Delhi >>>> > Delhi-110007 >>>> > M: 9818775237 >>>> > >>>> > IMG_2136.JPG >>>> > 62KViewDownload >>>> > >>>> > IMG_2137.JPG >>>> > 60KViewDownload >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ~ik~ >> Dr.Inderjeet Kaur Sethi >> Associate Professor >> Department of Botany >> SGTB Khalsa College >> University of Delhi >> Delhi-110007 >> M: 9818775237 >> > > > > -- > ~ik~ > Dr.Inderjeet Kaur Sethi > Associate Professor > Department of Botany > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi > Delhi-110007 > M: 9818775237 >

