Thank you very very much, Balkar ji for putting the descriptions. The description suits the posted plant very well. Also found the herbarium at RBC Kew ... http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000644575 Considering this plant to be *Stephania gracilenta*. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > "Climbers; leaves 5 to 8 cm with 8-9 main nerves; flowers .25 ch dia. Fl > Fr July -Oct found in Bhyundar valley, Pandukeshwar 200-2600 m" as per > flora of Chamoli > > "Herbaceous vines, glabrous. Branches slender, brown when dry, > longitudinally striate. Petiole 3-10 cm; leaf blade conspicuously peltate, > triangular-rotund, 3-7 cm, width subequal to length or slightly wider, > thinly papery or submembranous, pale on both surfaces, especially > abaxially, base subtruncate, apex often finely mucronate, palmately 8- or > 9-veined, fine reticulation slightly conspicuous. Inflorescences simple > umbelliform cymes, axillary or on short axillary branches with reduced > leaves; peduncle rather slender, 1-4 cm; cymelets 5 or 6; flowers purple; > pedicel filamentous, 0.5-1 mm. Male flowers: sepals 6, obovate-oblong to > broadly elliptic, 1.5-2 mm; petals 3 or 4, slightly fleshy, broadly cuneate > to obcordate or rotund, 0.8-1 mm; synandrium ca. 1 mm. Female flowers: > perianth as in male flowers. Drupes obovate, slightly flattened; condyle > perforate. Fl. Jun. " > from Flora of China > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you very much Balkar ji for the probable ID. >> This plant is illustrated as *Stephania glabra* in Keshava Murthy's VoF >> book -- we have another query pending at >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/3LeKrigcabs/CyCUiDmJr3UJ >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *May be Stephania gracilenta Miers ??* >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Resurfacing this post for ID query. >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Dinesh Valke >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> [image: ... Govind Ghat - Ghangaria >>>>> trail]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7795543800%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdy9anJ0CbW9GsAoDhKdyVOSW55GA> >>>>> 1 >>>>> AUG 12 >>>>> Govind Ghat - Ghangaria trail ... about 8300 ft >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> Dear friends, ID please. >>>>> *Habitat*: mountain slope >>>>> *Habit*: climber, about 3 - 4 m long; flower about 1 - 2 mm across >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: ¿ Stephania species >>>>> ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7789039944%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzflnw4A2tKB_dFxNCcQbYwX28P_Gg> >>>>> >>>>> [image: ¿ Stephania species >>>>> ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7789031318%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzde5uaIkhGz0UHJmnqk3PkTi96FMA> >>>>> [image: >>>>> ¿ Stephania species >>>>> ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7789022642%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc-bf62W2C7ttCRMMoUfVGux6hDTw> >>>>> [image: >>>>> ¿ Stephania species >>>>> ?]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7789015282%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcMVSHv233GXMIfAGZO-oioyZz5Ug> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > --
