Thank you Giby Sir for the ID. This supports Vijayasankar Ji's identification.
Thank you Garg Sir. Regards, Surajit Koley On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > Flowers opening across the tip and not down the sides (Gamble-I page 25). > Hence, this might be *Pachygone ovata *of Menispermaceae family. > Thanks to Navandu for introducing this plant to me while we were together > in Pooyamkutty forests in Kerala. > > > Regards, > Giby > > > > On 27 May 2012 13:06, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you very much, Garg Sir, for making it resurface. I am yet to get >> any fruit pics of *Tilicora acuminata*. >> >> Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >> >> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:49 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again forId confirmation orotherwise please. >>> Some earlierrelevant feedback: >>> “Please *check with Tiliacora acuminata*. It is a common climber along >>> the field hedges and roadsides. Is it commonly available in West Benagal? >>> With Regards >>> K.N. Reddy” >>> >>> "However, i just found out (what i didn't know earlier) that - >>> 1) A Menispermaceae member is a dioecious plant - >>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=10561 >>> 2) *Tiliacora racemosa* is a synonym of *T. acuminata* or *Cocculus >>> acuminatus* - >>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220013554 >>> 3) The plant *T. acuminata* / *T. recemosa* has ayurvedic use - >>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15476314 >>> Attaching here some more photographs of the same plant. Please confirm >>> if the species is *Tiliacora acuminata*. >>> Regards, >>> Surajit Koley" >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >>> Date: 19 May 2012 00:27 >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:114864] Re: long climber ID from Hooghly >>> 22-04-12 SK-2 >>> To: kamasani narasimhareddy <[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected], "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, >>> Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>, Vijayasankar Raman < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Sir, >>> >>> First, i must confess that i cannot help but calling myself 'a fool'! >>> >>> I have excuses though : a) so few online data is available regarding >>> wild species of India, specially if it does not bear attractive flowers or >>> fruits, b) almost no image is available so that it could help a >>> layperson... etc. >>> >>> However, i just found out (what i didn't know earlier) that - >>> >>> 1) A Menispermaceae member is a dioecious plant - >>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=10561 >>> 2) *Tiliacora racemosa* is a synonym of *T. acuminata* or *Cocculus >>> acuminatus* - >>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220013554 >>> 3) The plant *T. acuminata* / *T. recemosa* has ayurvedic use - >>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15476314 >>> >>> Attaching here some more photographs of the same plant. Please confirm >>> if the species is *Tiliacora acuminata*. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Surajit Koley >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:02 AM, kamasani narasimhareddy < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Surajit Ji, >>>> >>>> Please check with *Tiliacora acuminata*. It is a common climber along >>>> the field hedges and roadsides. >>>> Is it commonly available in West Benagal? >>>> >>>> With Regards >>>> >>>> K.N. Reddy >>>> Research Scientist >>>> Laila R&D CentreUnit-1, Phase-III, Jawahar Autonagar, >>>> Vijayawada-520 007 >>>> Andhra Pradesh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> 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 1860 members >>> & 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 6500 species). >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >
