I imagine why this is not Allium!! Pankaj On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Tracked it down to some species of Muilla, but yet to fix the species. > > Interestingly the genus Muilla which is very similar to Allium except for > lacking the characteristic smell was proposed by G. Watson in 1879 by > writing the spellings of genus Allium in reverse order. Perhaps three > species of the genus are recognised, and the plant matches most with M. > transmontana, but the leaves are broader than that species. > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:19 PM > Subject: 04032011GS2 for ID from Delhi > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > 04032011GS2 for ID from Delhi > The herb has all characteristics of Allium, but no trace of any onion or > garlic smell > Leaves linear, flat, about 1 cm wide, all basal, upto 25 cm long > Scape about 30-40 cm long, flowers subumbellate, subtended by spathaceous > bract > Flowers white, about 8-9 mm across; filaments without any basal teeth. > Growing in Herbal Garden in Delhi > > -- > 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/ > > > > > -- > 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/ > >
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