Satish ji ... to me your plant looks different from *T. indicum* that I am familiar ... at least the calices, in closed and open condition certainly look different, the lobes of corolla too clearly hint of spiral ending at their tips. Thus *T. zeylanicum*.
Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:57 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > Date: 7 June 2012 19:24 > Subject: [efloraofindia:118988] Boraginaceae Week :: Trichodesma > zeylanicum, Pune > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > *Trichodesma zeylanicum > Please validate. > *I was just checking for all the posts with subject line* Trichodesma > indicum.* > As Dinesh ji said T.indicum and T.zeylanicum are very close and difficult > to differentiate from each other. > On careful searching I found important characters to differentiate > Trichodesmas. > 1. Stamens included Corolla tube longer than lobes, > lobes shortly acuminate, not recurved .... .... .... > .... .... T.inaequale. > 1. Stamens exserted; corolla tube as long as, or shorter than lobes, > lobes acuminate, recurved .... .... .... .... .... > .... .... > 2. Glandular spots on corolla lobes; calyx hastate or cordate > .... T.indicum > 2. Glandular spots absent on corolla lobes; calyx rounded > .... T. zeylanicum > Considering the above characters esp the calyx is clearly not hastate > here.As against to this the plants posted as T.indicum by Dinesh ji > Prashant ji and Nidhan ji clearly have hastate calyx more clearly seen in > sideview.. > The pattern of dark tinge on the petals here is also different. I think my > posted plant is T.zeylanicum. > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > > > > -- > 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 1870 members & > 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) 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'. > >
