eFlora of Pakistan gives following local names for H. auriculata Talmakhana, gokula. kanta, gokshura
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Mani ji and Satish ji for the beautiful pictures. Respondig to Dr. > Gurcharan ji's query - I would like to state the following reference I > did > > for Hygrophila schulli. Dr Almeida's flora Vol IV A ,pg :51 has given the > valid name for the pictures posted as Hygrophila schulli ( Buch.-Ham) > Almeida & Almeida. Published in Journal of Bombay natural history society. > 83 (suppl.) 221, 1986. One of the synonym being H. auriculata (Sch.) Heine. > Published in Kew Bull. 16:172,1962. > > As mentioned by Sir, Kew plant list considers Hygrophila schilli > (Buch.-ham) Almeida and Almeida as valid. The morphological detailed > description in the flora completely matchedsthe plants posted. The most > prominent charactersitics being that of sharp yellow spines 2.5- 4 cm long > in the leaf axils. Flowers in whorls of 8 ( in 4 pairs) at each node, > bracts about 2.5 cm long, like the leaves, lanceolate, hairy and > ciliate....corolla purple -blue.... > > regards, > Rashida. > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Ritesh Choudhary <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Maniji for showing this beautiful plant. But what is the >> meaning of 'Talimkhana'? Or is it Taal-Makhana? >> >> waiting to hear from you. >> >> Regards, >> Ritesh. > > >
