Sir, one more common name for the plant under discussion, forgot to mention earlier is *Kolsunda* besides Talimkhana, as mentioned in Dr. Almeida's flora.
regards, Rashida. ** * * On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >> >> > > >
