Alok ji
Here is the key for genus Rubus from Flora Simlensis
Flowers white
Leaves simple,
lobed.....................................................................................R.
paniculatus Smith
Leaves compound
Lower surface of leaflets green,
glabrous.....................................................R. macilentus
Camb.
Lower surface of leaflets gray- or white-tomentose
Stem and branches shaggy, with long tawny
bristles...............................R. ellipticus Smith
Stem and branches glabrous, covered with white
bloom...........................R. biflorus
Flowers Pink, leaves compound
Leaflets 3, rarely 5; calyx lobes long pointed; druplets
pink................................R. niveus Wall
Leaflets 5-11, calyx lobes acute; drupelets
black..............................................R. lasiocarpus Smith
Rubus lasiocarpus Smith is now correctly known as R. niveus Thunb.
Rubus niveus Wall is now correctly known as R. pedunculosus D. Don
For your plant, the closest match is R. pedunculosus D. Don (syn: R. niveus
Wall.; R. hypagyrus Edgew.) but be for look out for other closer species
like R. hoffmeisterianus Kunth and Bouch (which is similar but upper leaflet
largest and often 3-lobed, recurved prickles on rachis and young shoots);
both have 3 leaflets, leaves white beneath, fruits orange to red and flowers
pink.
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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
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On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks Muthu ji, that I had deduced... but have not been able to
> identify further... do you know of any keys to rubus sp. We have few
> more species here and one is beginning to flower now, I'll upload that
> too in a few days
> regards
> Alok...
> On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:33 +0530, Muthu Karthick wrote:
> > Looks more like a Rubus sp. [Rosaceae]
> >
> > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > Resurfacing again for ID
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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/
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>
> > Date: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:51 PM
> > Subject: [efloraofindia:68299] Rubus id Kalatope al280411
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> >
> > Dear friends,
> > A prickly climber/creeper flowering in April
> >
> > Location Kalatope, Chamba
> > Altitude 2100 mts
> > habit climber/creeper
> > Habitat wild
> > Height 1-2 mts
> >
> > regards
> > Alok
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> Village Khudgot,
> P.O. Dalhousie
> District Chamba
> H.P. 176304, India
> www.hive.interconnection.org
> www.hivetrust.wordpress.com
> www.forwildlife.wordpress.com
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