Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback:
“Dinesh ji, *I think this is L. lavandulifolia (= L. indica).* Pl check. Regards Vijayasankar Raman” “... it must be as per your thought Vijayasankar ji. Many many thanks for pointing to misidentification. Here are all the views of what are labelled as Leucas aspera at http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Leucasaspera&w=91314344%40N00&s=rec&m=tags If possible, at your leisure please validate the other sightings. Regards. Dinesh” “In this set, *the first three and last three pictures belong to Leucas lavandulifolia. The middle three pictures are perhaps of L. zeylanica*. This need to be confirmed. If you have access please refer to the monograph of Leucas by V.Singh. Regards Vijayasankar Raman” "... want to know *if Leucas lavandulaefolia Rees (= Leucas linifolia Spreng.) is synonym of Leucas lavandulifolia Sm. (= Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng.)* Regards. Dinesh" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: 5 July 2011 21:11 Subject: [efloraofindia:73349] Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae - Leucas aspera To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> *Leucas aspera *(Willd.) Link - *LOO-kus* -- from the Greek *leukos* (white) - *AS-per-uh* -- rough [image: Leucas aspera]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/517437888/> May 27, 2007, Bedse Caves near Lonavala *commonly known as*: common leucas • *Hindi*: chhota-halkusa, गोफा gopha, गुमी gumi, गुम्मा gumma • *Kannada*: thumbe • *Malayalam*: tumba, tumpa • * Marathi*: तांब tamba, तुंबी tumbi • *Oriya*: bhutamari • *Sanskrit*: द्रोणपुष्पि dronpushpi • *Tamil*: kadar kumbam, sudarpoo tonri, தூலை tulai, தும்பை tumpai • *Telugu*: తెల్ల తుమ్మి tella tummi *Native to*: s China, India, Nepal, n-e Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia - [image: tumba (in Malayalam)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5781666950/> ... May 29, 2011 along KSH 34 at Londa, Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka - [image: Gopha (Hindi: गोफा)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3127719643/> ... Dec 20, 2008 at Shirgaon near Chiplun Regards. Dinesh -- 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 1725 members & 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
