A reply: "Hi, this plant is not Ocimum. It is Basilicum polystachyon, found everywhere. It is a monotypic plant in Lamiaceae, earlier considered as Ocimum. No doubt. Type the name in google and confirm yourself. Sunojkumar Assistant Professor Dept. of Botany University of Calicut"
Thanks, Dr. Sunojkumar. On 29 December 2012 16:24, 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 > > "*may be its Moschosma* > its found in water loging area" from Prashant Desai. > > > ---------- 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 > > -- > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members & > 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members & 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
