Thanks for reproducing this key. It would really help in fixing our specimens of Ocimum.
-- 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 Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:24 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > Confusion....!! but I will definitely check the internode hair > characters as provided in the key. your say is that its an hybrid. > > regards > > On 5/24/11, Plant Diversity <[email protected]> wrote: > > The plant is probably O. africanum possibly backcrossed with O. > > basilicum (see key from Taxonomic Revision of Tribe Ocimeae Dumort. > > (Lamiaceae) in Continental South East Asia III. Ociminae Author(s): S. > > Suddee, A. J. Paton, J. A. N. Parnell Source: Kew Bulletin, Vol. 60, > > No. 1 (2005), pp. 3-75 > > > > Key to continental SE Asian species of Ocimum > > 1. Teeth of lateral fruiting calyx lobes distinct, deltoid or > > lanceolate; bract without bowl-like gland > > developing > > 2. Throat of fruiting calyx closed by the upcurved 2 median teeth of > > anterior lip, anterior much > > shorter than posterior; mostly shrubs or > > undershrubs ........................ 1. 0. gratissimum > > 2. Throat of fruiting calyx open, the 2 median teeth of anterior lip > > as long as or longer than posterior; > > mostly herbs with stems woody at base > > 3. Calyx tube glabrous or thinly covered with minute glandular hairs > > inside; nutlets unchanged > > when wet ...................................................... 2. 0. > > tenuiflorum > > 3. Calyx tube with a ring of hairs at throat inside; nutlets producing > > mucilage when wet > > 4. Flower with pedicel nearly as long as calyx; appendage of posterior > > stamens hairy .............. > > ....................................................... 3. 0. > > kilimandscharicum > > 4. Flower with pedicel much shorter than calyx; appendage of posterior > > stamens glabrous > > 5. Fruiting calyx up to 5 mm long; corolla 4 - 5.5 mm long > > 6. Fruiting calyx 2 - 3 mm long; stem internodes with short adpressed > > or retrose hairs ......... > > .... ....o......................................o.......... 4. 0. > > americanum > > 6. Fruiting calyx 4 - 5.5 mm long; stem internodes with long, > > spreading and sometimes > > retrorse hairs .......... ... ............... ..................... 5. > > 0. africanum > > 5. Fruiting calyx 6 - 8 mm long; corolla 7 - 8 mm > > long ...... ............... 6. 0. basilicum > > > > Thanks to Alan Paton at Kew for this! > > > > On May 24, 7:51 am, amit chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanx Gurucharanji and Hari for the identification. But Hari I have > >> some sweet smelling O. basilicum accessions having saunf like smell > >> > >> regards > >> > >> On 5/24/11, hari lal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > I go with Dr Gurcharan singh O. americanum > >> > Ocimum basilicum having smell is bitter armatic with oily stem leaves > >> > not lemon smell just like pudina smeel with bitter test. > >> > >> > On 5/24/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I would go with O. americanum based on shorter corolla, slightly > longer > >> >> than > >> >> calyx and more hairy calyx > >> > >> >> -- > >> >> 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 Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:35 AM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> > >> >>> Dear all, > >> > >> >>> Sending photographs of Ocimum. confused over Ocimum basilicum and O. > >> >>> americanum. The plants details as in the photographs and having > lemon > >> >>> scented smell. Growing in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, Plants ca. 50 cm > >> >>> tall > >> > >> >>> regards > >> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> Dr. Amit Chauhan > >> >>> Junior Technical Assistant > >> >>> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > >> >>> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > >> >>> Uttarakhand 263149 > >> >>> ph.05944 234445 > >> >>> mob.+919412161087 > >> >>> mail: [email protected] > >> >>> [email protected] > >> >>> [email protected] > >> > >> > -- > >> > HARI SHANKAR LAL > >> > AT-SHIV KUTIR > >> > PO-BARA BAZAR > >> > DIST-HAZARIBAG > >> > PIN-825301 > >> > JHARKHAND,INDIA > >> > MOBILE-9431530563 > >> > [email protected] > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Amit Chauhan > >> Junior Technical Assistant > >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > >> Uttarakhand 263149 > >> ph.05944 234445 > >> mob.+919412161087 > >> mail: [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> [email protected] > > > -- > Dr. Amit Chauhan > Junior Technical Assistant > Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > Uttarakhand 263149 > ph.05944 234445 > mob.+919412161087 > mail: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] >
