I agree with Kottaimuthu's id: *Polygala javana*. In Tamil it is known as பெரியா நங்கை 'Periyaa nangai' (a name also shared by Andrographis sp.).
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:19 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "Dear Muthu > *Can you please check it with Polygala javana* > Sincerely > R. Kottaimuthu" > > On 16 September 2012 21:58, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> You seem to be right in identifying this as a *Polygala* sp.. >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> >> Great pictures of a *Polygalaceae* member. I have seen yellow flowered >> and purple/pink flowered ones but this seems to be unique with combination >> of colours. Thanks for including the shots of fruits/seeds too. Will have >> to study the characters in detail for possible ID >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> Could this be *Polygala arvensis*?- from Muthu ji. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> >> Date: 1 September 2012 14:26 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:127821] Herb for identification 010912MK01 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear all, >> Please help me to identify this herb found in the scrub forest floor near >> Chennai. Is this from Polygalaceae? >> >> Height: 1-1.5 feet >> Leaf: 3cm long; mucronate-tip >> Flowers: 0.8cm across; yellow (lower petal frimbiated I think) >> >> Date: 16 Aug 2012 >> Place: Tiruvallur dist., TN >> Alt.: c. 45 m asl >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 1950 members & >> 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > 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 1950 members & > 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > --
