Nice catch...!!! On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:47 AM, hari lal <[email protected]> wrote:
> very nice sir it has very medicinal use > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice.... thanks for sharing. Its good to know that you have kept track >> of previous conversations on this plant too. >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Aug 17, 9:40 pm, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Awesome snap Satish Ji !! >> > Tanay >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > *Scoparia dulcis* >> > > Iobserved this plant near Paud in Ghat section by the roadside. >> > > From a distance I thought it to be a Lamiaceae member. >> > > On close observation the flowers appeared to be regular. >> > > After going through earlier discussions and checking FFOS I think this >> is >> > > *Scoparia dulcis.* >> > > This is a small herb with very smallflowers of about 8 mm. >> > > Leaves are characteristic. In my specimen ...not exactly opposite but >> 3 in >> > > a whorl fashion. sessile with serrate margin. >> > > The flower has 4 sepals and petals.I don't know how many stamens and >> > > carpels..... >> > > Earlier placed in Scrophulariaceae; now placed in Family >> Plantaginaceae. >> > > From earlier discussion on the group >> > > ......dulcis means sweet. >> > > ......Interestingly it is called as sweet broom and also bitter broom. >> > > ...... I remember observing some different brooms in villages; these >> must >> > > be from the dried twigs of this plant. >> > > Regards >> > > Dr Satish Phadke >> > >> > -- >> > *Tanay Bose* >> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> > Department of Botany. >> > University of British Columbia . >> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> > [email protected] >> > *Webpages:* >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > > > -- > HARI SHANKAR LAL > AT-SHIV KUTIR > PO-BARA BAZAR > DIST-HAZARIBAG > PIN-825301 > JHARKHAND,INDIA > MOBILE-9431530563 > [email protected] > > -- *Manudev K Madhavan* Junior Research Fellow Systematic & Floristic Lab, Department of Botany, Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research St. Joseph's College, Devagiri Kozhikode- 673 008 Mob: 9496470738
