Yes, Surajit... I notice its growing very close to an old wall... was it by any chance growing in the mortar between the bricks or wa sit growing in the ground by the wall...
its one of the plants that love lime and need lime to grow ... hence the question... Usha di ps I hope you are not touching or handling all these bichhutis by bare hands..remember what the word bichhuti implies ========= On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:11 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Sir, > > The first member mentioned in the "Plant Groups", under Urticaceae family, > is *Fleurya interrupta* (L.) Gaud. But KEW says it is an unresolved > name<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2813458>! > While Flora of > China<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242328231>and > Tropicos <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/33400305?tab=synonyms> state it is > synonym of *Laportea interrupta* (L.) Chew, which in turn is an accepted > name of *Fleurya interrupta* (L.) > Wight<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-33400305>! > > Attaching images of what we call LAL-BICHUTI in Bengali, a common stinging > herb. > > Species : *Laportea interrupta* (L.) Chew > Habit & Habitat : wild herb, about 1 foot tall, common on roadside and > wasteplace > Bengali name : LAL-BICHUTI > Date : 18/8/12, 10.35 A.M. > Place : Hooghly > Site visited : > > - http://www.hear.org/pier/species/fleurya_interrupta.htm > - > > http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hermann-herbarium/search/detail.dsml?PageBarcode=000594643 > - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/xFR6aZvliWY/discussion > - > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Laporteainterrupta&w=91314344@N00&m=tags > > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
