A reply: "could it be Adelocalymna nitidum Mart.ex DC. Usha Desai [TAW]"
On 3 September 2011 13:30, Satheesh George <[email protected]>wrote: > *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 > > > -- 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)
