Good morning Vijayasankar Ji, I thought my species looked somewhat similar to the illustration available at FoC - http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=1393&flora_id=2, and description available at - http://envis.frlht.org/plongum.htm informs male spike is 2-7 cm long.
Thank you very much for the feedback. Regards, surajit On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Good morning Surajit ji, > > This looks like a male plant of *Piper longum*. The male spikes are about > 5 cm long and 3 mm in diameter (female spikes are shorter and stouter). > Otherwise it may be a different species. > The picture with leafy plant at wiki page, is not of Piper longum. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:55 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> Internet is very confusing source of info, well, sometimes. >> A search for *Piper longum* L. gives plant pictures of distinctly >> variable leaf venation, even scanned herbarium images available in the net >> can be confusing too. Two such example :- >> >> 1. http://www.rprcbbsr.com/herbarium/herbarium/images/id/658 >> 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper >> >> On the other hand, images found some other sites do comply with my >> species :- >> >> 1. http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/p/piper/pipelon.html.en >> 2. >> >> http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=103131&idThumb=313215&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=1 >> >> Description and images at :- >> >> 1. http://envis.frlht.org/plongum.htm >> 2. >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005574 >> 3. http://www.himalayahealthcare.com/herbfinder/h_piperl.htm >> >> Species : *Piper longum* L. >> Bengali Name : PIPUL >> Habit & Habitat : wild slender creeper, growing under very dense >> vegetation of, i think, *Mikania micrantha* Kunth. >> Date : 21/9/12, 4.02 p.m. >> Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly) >> >> I am sorry that my camera is a dumb under low light. >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
