Amit ji That is what I also thought initially, but E. ciliata (syn: E. cristata) does not have that broad, compact and neatly arranged bracts with membranous margin as we see in my plant and in Rungia repens. My plant does not show any flowers, but bracts are distinctive enough.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ELCI <http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ELCI> http://www.dotleb.net/directory/index.php?title=File:Elsholtzia_ciliata-2.jpg <http://www.dotleb.net/directory/index.php?title=File:Elsholtzia_ciliata-2.jpg> http://www.henriettesherbal.com/pictures/p05/pages/elsholtzia-ciliata-8.htm <http://www.henriettesherbal.com/pictures/p05/pages/elsholtzia-ciliata-8.htm> http://www.henriettesherbal.com/pictures/p05/pages/elsholtzia-ciliata-6.htm <http://www.henriettesherbal.com/pictures/p05/pages/elsholtzia-ciliata-6.htm> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Creeping%20Rungia.html <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Creeping%20Rungia.html> http://www.flickr.com/photos/22702080@N04/4907494657/in/photostream <http://www.flickr.com/photos/22702080@N04/4907494657/in/photostream>-- 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, May 28, 2011 at 9:49 AM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > No it is Elsholtzia ciliata for having one-sided inflorescence and > aroma Rungia doesn't have one sided inflorescence. > > regards > > On 5/27/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes I think H S is right, it seems to be Rungia repens, in fact > > > > > > -- > > 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, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:43 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Foto attached here is Rungia sps. may be Rungia repens not Elsholtzia > >> ciliata > >> -- > >> - H.S. > >> > >> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart > of > >> stone > >> > >> > > > > > -- > 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] >
