Sir, I didn't read the descriptions in FoC, this morning. Instead, i spent more time to find *Vigna catjang* Endl. in GRIN and The Plant List. But, couldn't find any mention of Endlicher anywhere.
Thank you very much for all detail. Regards, surajit On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes Surajit ji > For this key I had taken the help of Flora of China > > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242354390 > > These three are the only species of the genus described in Bailey: Manual > of Cultivated Plants, an old (1949) but very reliable book,: > > V. sesquepedalis: Asparagus bean, yard-long-bean: pod 1-3 ft long, > pendent, more or less inflated and flabby when green; seeds 8-12 mm long. > > V. sinensis: cowpea: pod 8-12 inch long, not inflated or flabby when > green, pendent; seed 6-12 mm long. > > V. cylindrica: Catjang: pod 3-5 inch long, not inflated or flabby when > green, erect or ascending; seed less than 6 mm long, about as broad as > long. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 4:48 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good evening Sir >> >> This *Vigna* is more than 2 m and have pods longer than 30 cm. The one >> in the attached pic is 51.5 cm, excl. pedicel, clearly shows that it is *V. >> unguiculata* subsp. *sesquipedalis* (L.) Verdcourt. as per your keys. >> >> Thank you very much, once again. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 8:46 AM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good morning Sir, >>> >>> I do not have the pod length right now, hope to submit the stat by this >>> evening. >>> >>> Thank you very much. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Surajit ji >>>> For arriving at exact name please mention the fruit length of your >>>> plant: >>>> >>>> If twiner longer than 2 m, pod longer than 30 cm it is V. unguiculata >>>> subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdcourt >>>> >>>> If erect or trailing shorter than 1 m, pod pendulous, 15-30 cm >>>> long....it is V. unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (V. sinensis (L.) Hassk.) >>>> >>>> If erect or trailing shorter than 1 m, pod erect or spreading, shorter >>>> than 15 cm, it should be V. unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc. (V. >>>> catiang (Burm.f.) Walp. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:57 PM, surajit koley < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good morning >>>>> >>>>> One interesting practice The Plant List maintains is grading of >>>>> "Confidence level" <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-3613>, >>>>> what GRIN >>>>> doesn't<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?41645>! >>>>> >>>>> Before we label this plant as *Vigna unguiculata* subsp. >>>>> *unguiculata*(L.) Walp. please read the following - >>>>> >>>>> Page 389, partly, Bengal Plants, David Prain :- >>>>> >>>>> VIGNA Catjang Endl. ; F. B. I ii. 205 ; E. D. V, 116. Dolichos Catjang >>>>> F. I. iii. 303. >>>>> In all the provinces, cultivated. >>>>> A suberect herb. *Hind*. Lobia, ransa; *Beng*. Barbati; *Santal*. >>>>> Ghangra. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Page 205-206, partly, F. B. I. ii. :- >>>>> >>>>> 4. V. Catiang, Endl.; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 188; annual, suberect or >>>>> twining,' stipules large attached above the base, leaflets membranous >>>>> ovate-rhomboidal entire or slightly lobed, racemes few-flowered >>>>> long-peduncled, pod very long many-seeded. Dolichos Catiang, Linn.; DC. >>>>> Prodr. ii. 399; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 303; Wall Cat. 5549. D. sinensis, Linn.,; ; >>>>> DC. loc. cit.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 302; Wall. Cat. 6550; Bot. Mag. t. >>>>> 2232; >>>>> W. & A. Prodr. 250. Vigna sinensis, Endl.; Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. 386. >>>>> Dolichos tranquebaricusm Jacq. Hort. Vind. iii. t. 70. D. monachalis, >>>>> Brot.; DC. Prodr. loc. cit, >>>>> Native and universally cultivated in the tropical zone. - DISTRIB. >>>>> Tropics of old world. >>>>> Low and sub-erect (V.Catiang) or tall and voluble ( V. sinensis), >>>>> always glahrous or nearly so. Stipules 1/3-1/2 in. long, attached and >>>>> persistent as in Phaseolus § Strophostylis; leaflets membranous, 3-6 in. >>>>> long, acute, very variable in shape, broad or narrow ovate, or >>>>> ovate-rhomboidal, with the two sides below the middle prolonged into >>>>> obtuse >>>>> lobes. Peduncles often exceeding the leaves, 3-6-flowered ; pedicels very >>>>> short. Calyx glabrous, under 1 in ; teeth lanceolate or deltoid- >>>>> cuspidate. >>>>> Corolla yellow or reddish, twice the calyx. Pod in some of the cultivated >>>>> forms 1 or even 2 feet long, under 1/2 in. broad, edible ; seeds 10 to 20. >>>>> >>>>> SUBGEN. 2. Plectrotropis. Keel prolonged into a distinct beak, so >>>>> that this group connects *Vigna proper* with *Phaseolus*. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> These pictures are of BARBOTI in Bengali, a vegetable extensively used >>>>> these days in mid-day meal scheme in schools as per GoI order. >>>>> >>>>> A cultivated plant recorded on 15/11/12, in Hooghly >>>>> >>>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>>> >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > > --
