Anticipating at least some one from our group is acquainted with *Patchouli* . Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Not oregano, Aarti ji. Though not familiar with oregano plants, looked up > for other names of oregano, to check for patchouli. > The plants of oregano look different from the posted one, to me. > > Patchouli - the true patchouli is *Pogostemon cablin* (and its > varieties), native of Phillippines, Malaysia and cultivated elsewhere. > There is false patchouli (inferior to true in terms of the properties of > oil) - also known as Java patchouli OR Indian patchouli - Pogostemon > heyneanus, native to India, Sri Lanka and s-e Asia; cultivated elsewhere. > > If the guide's information is incorrect, yet this plant is most likely > some species of *Pogostemon*. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dinesh ji, >> I'm not a botany expert but can this be Oregano by anty chance? >> Since you mentioned Spice Plantation, a wild guess. >> Aarti >> >> On Jan 25, 8:09 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Dear friends ... ID please. >> > *Place*: at Tropical Spice Plantation (~ 350 ft asl), Ponda, Goa. >> > *Time*: December 29, 2011 at 1.43pm >> > *Habit*: herb, about 3 ft high >> > *Habitat*: cultivated in a spice farm >> > >> > The guide at the spice farm gave the name *patchouli* - surprisingly was >> > not aware of the scientific name. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > P1490327.jpg >> > 141KViewDownload >> > >> > P1490315.jpg >> > 179KViewDownload >> > >> > P1490317.jpg >> > 116KViewDownload >> > >> > P1490320.jpg >> > 118KViewDownload >> > >> > P1490326.jpg >> > 131KViewDownload > > >
