*Pls check Adenocalymna alliaceum Miers.* On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:46 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Perhaps the above plant is Mansoa alliacea (or else Mansoa hymenaea) of it > smells of garlic > It is not Cydista aequinoctialis, which lacks garlic smell > > > Perhaps the whole internet considers them as synonyms but not the taxonomic > world (incl GRIN and KEW Plant List) which knows their differences. After a > lot of seach I found answer here: > > > http://zmypulse.info/2011/sctb-0081-wpow/ > > > The answer is found in Flora of Micronesia, 5: Bignoniaceae-Rubiaceae > F . Raymond Fosberg, Marie-Helene Sachet and Royce L . O i e lvr > SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS, Washington,D.C. 1993 > The two genera can be differentiated as under > 1. Fruit valves costate, acuminate, plant with garlic odor when > bruised or broken; inflorescence racemose on small lateral branchlets > calyx-limb flaring, corolla lavender . . . . . . . . Mansoa > 1. Fruit valves not notably costate, odor when broken not alliaceous. > Inflorescence a twice or more trichotomous cymose panicle, leaflet bases > rounded or broadly cuneate, pseudostipules inconspicuous or early caducous, > tendril often present and conspicuous; calyx-limb not notably flaring; > corolla limb whitish to pink or lavender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > . . . Cydista > There are, however, at least two vines known as garlic vine: Mansoa > hymenaea (DC.) A. H. Gentry and Mansoa alliacea Lamk. The two are also > confused with each other. Perhaps some one can find above plant is > ultimately Mansoa alliacea or Mansoa hymenaea. For that a key is needed. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pudji Widodo <[email protected]> > Date: 29 May 2011 10:56 > Subject: [efloraofindia:70622] Climber smells garlic > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear Friends > > Could you ID the species and family of my climber please. The leaves > & stem smell like garlic. Thank you. > > Pudji Widodo > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1700 members & > 79,000 messages on 31/8/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 5000 species) > > -- Dr. Satheesh George Senior Scientist Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division & 'CMPR' Herbarium Centre for Medicinal Plants Research Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal-676 503 Malappuram Dist., KERALA, INDIA Mob. No. +919846033013 +919497344185 Ph. No.: +914832806214
