Yes both Satish Sir and Vijay ji are right. the first one is Rubia cordifolia. Second image was mixed up in the thread. Thanks for pointing out.
Regards Prasad On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Odisha, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
