I agree with the id for the first image. The 2nd one must be of a different plant, may be Smilax?
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Prasad ji > I doubt the ID. > The individual leaf does look like *Rubia cordifolia* but they are not > opposite here.....the pattern looks entirely different. Will wait for > further comments though. > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Prasad Dash <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear members sharing the images of one of the rare medicinal plant taken >> from Mahendragiri >> >> Name: Rubia cordifolia >> Family: Rubiaceae >> habit: Herb >> Habitat: Wild, under the close canopy of semi-evergreen forest (Riperian >> zone) >> Place of collection: Mahendragiri hills, gajapati district, Odishs, at an >> altitude of 800 m above msl >> >> Regards >> >> prasad >> >> -- >> Prasad Kumar Dash >> Ecologist, Odisha, India >> email: [email protected] >> ph. 09437444241 >> > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
