Close up of flower should help. flowers of this genus are so distinctive.
-- 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 Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:31 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Good morning Sir > > Found :- > > - illustration of *O. gratissimum* - > > http://www.africamuseum.be/prelude/prelude_pic/HA01Ocimum_%20gratissimum.jpg > and > *O. suave* - > http://www.africamuseum.be/prelude/prelude_pic/HA08Ocimum_suave.jpg, > source - > > http://www.africamuseum.be/collections/external/prelude/view_symptom?si=H(206) > - description of *Ocimum gratissimum* var. *suave* (Willdenow) J. D. > Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 4: 609. 1885. at FoC - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019918 and > pictures at - http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/94/75380.htm and at - > http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/94/75379.htm > > My species looks close to *O. gratissimum*, but - > > - verticillaster looks different to me - > http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/94/75379.htm and > http://www.hear.org/starr/images/images/plants/full/starr-090623-1610.jpg > (source > - > http://www.starrenvironmental.com/images/image/?q=090623-1610&o=plants) > - according to F.B.I. iv. > 608<http://ia600606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004357&itemPath=%2F23%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004357&server=ia600606.us.archive.org&page=n611_w1150.jpg>& > > 609<http://ia600606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004357&itemPath=%2F23%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004357&server=ia600606.us.archive.org&page=n612_w1150.jpg>= > leaves ovate acute, pedicel shorter and bracts longer than the calyx > ..... not sure if my species has those characters > - according to F.I. iii. > 17<http://ia700607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia700607.us.archive.org&page=n22_w1150.jpg>= > ".... The whole plant, I think diffuses a stronger degree of fragrance, > than any other of the genus....." > > Any chance of *Moschosma polystachyum* > Benth.<http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Basilicum_polystachyon.htm>(Bengal > Plants. ii. > 845<http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n186_w1150.jpg>) > = *Ocimum polystachyon* Willd. (F.I. iii. > 18)<http://ia700607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia700607.us.archive.org&page=n23_w1150.jpg>? > > But i am not against *O. gratissimum*, only that this plant exudes no > smell. > > Thank you very much. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think Ocimum gratissimum. >> >> >> -- >> 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 Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:57 AM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sir, >>> >>> Found this herb yesterday on the edge of a agri-land. >>> >>> Species : UNKNOWN >>> H & H : wild herb, about 1.5 ft, leaves don't have any aroma >>> Date : 15/12/12, 2.43 p.m. >>> Place : Hooghly >>> >>> Thank you & Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > --
