Ushadi I really compliment you on your great knowledge of plants, their local names and uses. Yes it is Wedelia, but I feel darker (orangish) colour of flowers, broader leaf base and trilobate leaves suggest W. trilobata, which has taken over many areas as escape from cultivation. Wedelia calendulacea, now correctly known as W. chinensis, has lighter coloured flowers, petiole not expanded (winged) and leaves not trilobed.
-- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:36 AM, ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > Surajit: good you got them.... > > this is peeta bhringaraj in Sanskrit > > Wedelia calendulaceae > called simply bhringaraj in bengali > if you ask the local green leaf/herb vendor to get you bhringaraj in WB > this what you'll get > > Hort plants these in big long rows all over every year . > elliot park on chowringhee used to do so too! > > In most of rest of india, herb vendor/supplier would get you ... eclipta > alba, bhringaraj.... > > usha di > > > > > n Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:33 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir / Madam, >> >> I always believe that Botany is for serious faced professors having >> baritone voices. Was trying to obtain ID of this plant by google searching >> for about an hour. But cosmos, daisy, zinnia, marigold, *Bidens*, *Arnica >> * all looked same! >> >> So, it is before you...! >> >> Species : UNKNOWN >> Habit & Habitat : trailing garden herb, less than 1 foot >> Date : 25-05-12, 1.32 p.m. >> Place : Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipore (Calcutta) >> >> Thank you and Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > >
