Thank you Sir, I may very well be wrong but this plant seems to be different than the one in my earlier upload, at - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/14serE276b0/discussion.
If this is *O. gratissimum* then the plant in the link above is certainly some other species. Regards, surajit On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > You may compare with mine > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/indiantreepix/Ocimum$20gratissimum/indiantreepix/6q247Slwp3k/COZ_uefpYR8J > > > -- > 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 7:08 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > --
