A reply
"may be its Moschosma
its found in water loging area" from Prashant Desai.



On 24 December 2012 13:03, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
>
> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>
>  I think Ocimum gratissimum.
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
>
>
> Found :-
>
>    - illustration of *O. gratissimum* -
>    
> http://www.africamuseum.be/prelude/prelude_pic/HA01Ocimum_%20gratissimum.jpgand
>    *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=200019918and 
> 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
>
>  Close up of flower should help. flowers of this genus are so distinctive.
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
>
>  You may compare with mine
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/indiantreepix/Ocimum$20gratissimum/indiantreepix/6q247Slwp3k/COZ_uefpYR8J
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
>
>  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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: surajit koley <[email protected]>
> Date: 16 December 2012 19:27
> Subject: [efloraofindia:140657] ocimum like herb Hooghly 61-12-12 sk2
> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
>
>
> 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
>
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