Thanks Sir for sharing the Original "Akarkara" On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8. 65, 1985 Syn: > *Spilanthes > oleracea* L., Syst. Nat. 2: 534. 1767; *Spilanthes acmella* var. *oleracea > * (L.) C. B. Clarke ex Hook. > > Annual decumbent herb with ovate to deltate 6-10 cm long leaves with > narrowly winged up to 4 cm long petioles, margin dentate; heads solitary, > discoid, on long peduncles, 11-17 mm in diam, 10-23 mm high; phyllaries > 15-18, triseriate; disc florets, yellow, 5-merous; achenes 2-2.5 mm long, > black, without cork-like margin, ciliate with straight hairs; pappus > bristles inconspicuous, 2. > > Photographed from Hamdard University Herbal Garden New Delhi and TDL Herbal > Garden Yamuna Nagar. > > -- > 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
