[efloraofindia:75415] Re: Plant for ID 25/07/11 SMP1
Do we drink this? if so which part of the plant? I do have something to share with; tribal people live near Eravikulam Nationa Park use to make dosa mixed with leaves of Canabis sativa (limited numbers) and once they have 3-4 such dosas they can easily climb steep hills as if they are walking on plain ground. One of my friend tried the same when he happened to hire some one from there for assistance and told me that it is true that you don't feel tired while trekking! I never tried this! Never got a chance to try! Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 1:18 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: yes sir, try your luck to confirm :)) Pankaj On Jul 27, 2:08 pm, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote: is this the same as Bang which we drink during Holi ? Regards, Mani. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.comwrote: Ha Ha Ha Liked it Liked it Madhuri --- On Tue, 26/7/11, Ushadi micromini microminipho...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ushadi micromini microminipho...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75199] Re: Plant for ID 25/07/11 SMP1 To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, 26 July, 2011, 6:37 PM Story story: there is actually a park called Ganja park in Kolkata... ITS for real... wikimapia and even google has Maps showing its exact location... when growing up we had to walk on the footpath along this park to get to Jadubabu bazzar for daily vegetables and fruits... my parents used to send our nanny and/ or the driver to walk behind us, so that we could walk independently yet be protected from the local inhabitants of this park: Ganja Park (Kolkata) (( look up these urls:http://wikimapia.org/8005943/Ganja-Park and http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=enrlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIN342um=1ie=U...) ). Now its all sanitized and old folks walk there and children are reported to play there... not a single ganja leaf to be seen or had , as per the local authorities... Usha di === On Jul 26, 12:44 am, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.com wrote: Accepted Satish ji so our race is also increasing! Madhuri --- On Mon, 25/7/11, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: From: Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75099] Re: Plant for ID 25/07/11 SMP1 To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, 25 July, 2011, 7:37 PM As it grows wild at many places this may be the case too. I have never spotted this in wild. I was suspecting the prior theory because few years back one hospital servant had planted this in open campus area of one hospital. The ward boy was suspected to be addict to something but nobody was sure until one day one of the patient's relative spotted the plant and alerted the doctor asking him who has planted it?he further asked him to keep watch and told him about the dangerplant. Ultimately the wardboy was caught red handed one day and was discharged from his duties. My attempt to be in the storyteller group On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: This plant was observed growing in a farm house premises. I suspect it to be Cannabis sativa planted by the watchman residing there. Please validate. Height 20cm Leaves tri and pentafoliate as seen in the picture. Probably a fresh sapling. Dr Phadke
[efloraofindia:75416] Re: Plant for ID 25/07/11 SMP1
Yes Gibs, they do drink it. If you remember the movie Silsila, it was the same thing Amitabh Bachhan was drinking :)) Pankaj On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Smilax004 giby.kuriak...@gmail.com wrote: Do we drink this? if so which part of the plant? I do have something to share with; tribal people live near Eravikulam Nationa Park use to make dosa mixed with leaves of Canabis sativa (limited numbers) and once they have 3-4 such dosas they can easily climb steep hills as if they are walking on plain ground. One of my friend tried the same when he happened to hire some one from there for assistance and told me that it is true that you don't feel tired while trekking! I never tried this! Never got a chance to try! Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 1:18 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: yes sir, try your luck to confirm :)) Pankaj On Jul 27, 2:08 pm, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote: is this the same as Bang which we drink during Holi ? Regards, Mani. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.comwrote: Ha Ha Ha Liked it Liked it Madhuri --- On Tue, 26/7/11, Ushadi micromini microminipho...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ushadi micromini microminipho...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75199] Re: Plant for ID 25/07/11 SMP1 To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, 26 July, 2011, 6:37 PM Story story: there is actually a park called Ganja park in Kolkata... ITS for real... wikimapia and even google has Maps showing its exact location... when growing up we had to walk on the footpath along this park to get to Jadubabu bazzar for daily vegetables and fruits... my parents used to send our nanny and/ or the driver to walk behind us, so that we could walk independently yet be protected from the local inhabitants of this park: Ganja Park (Kolkata) (( look up these urls:http://wikimapia.org/8005943/Ganja-Park and http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=enrlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIN342um=1ie=U...) ). Now its all sanitized and old folks walk there and children are reported to play there... not a single ganja leaf to be seen or had , as per the local authorities... Usha di === On Jul 26, 12:44 am, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.com wrote: Accepted Satish ji so our race is also increasing! Madhuri --- On Mon, 25/7/11, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: From: Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75099] Re: Plant for ID 25/07/11 SMP1 To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, 25 July, 2011, 7:37 PM As it grows wild at many places this may be the case too. I have never spotted this in wild. I was suspecting the prior theory because few years back one hospital servant had planted this in open campus area of one hospital. The ward boy was suspected to be addict to something but nobody was sure until one day one of the patient's relative spotted the plant and alerted the doctor asking him who has planted it?he further asked him to keep watch and told him about the dangerplant. Ultimately the wardboy was caught red handed one day and was discharged from his duties. My attempt to be in the storyteller group On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: This plant was observed growing in a farm house premises. I suspect it to be Cannabis sativa planted by the watchman residing there. Please validate. Height 20cm Leaves tri and pentafoliate as seen in the picture. Probably a fresh sapling. Dr Phadke -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
[efloraofindia:75417] Re: Giant Jewel Beetle feeding on Tendu leaves
Dear Geeta, There is only one leaf belong to Dioscorea that too only in the first picture. The main plant in the pictures is Diospyros melanoxylon leaves as Neil ji mentioned. One more interesting point I would like to mention here that recently a scientist in ATREE Bangalore fond out that leaves of Nothapodytes nimmoniana is been eaten by a Dear Ushadi, That is their nature not only insects most of the animals do so. What do a domestic cow do? Who cleans its surroundings? are they concerned about the same? In forest/nature, animals move around and they don't concerned about the cleanliness of the surroundings, caused by them. But there is system that works on it, such as dung beetles on dungs of mammals and in no time the area gets cleaned. Fungus degrades the wastes or decaying/dead substances. Rain washes away the surroundings of insects and any disturbance of the plant (as what you see in the picture) would help to drop down all such kind of foreign materials. In nature there is a system (or several systems) that works well to keep up the momentum. It is we who don't work as per the rules of nature hence need to work on each and every thing that we do. Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 5:54 am, Geeta rgeet...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Dioscorea--possibly D. bulbifera. On Jul 30, 5:30 am, Ushadi micromini microminipho...@gmail.com wrote: and in pic 1, what is the heart shaped leaf peering down at the top? interesting venatiions... seems to be a vine growing up on the tendu... Udsha di === On Jul 29, 10:15 pm, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, Thought this might be interesting….. Photographed this Giant Jewel Beetle [a Sternocera sp. possibly S.chrysis] at my farm last weekend gorging on Tendu [Diospyros melanoxylon] leaves. After extracting the juices it would discard the fibrous pellets. Sending a few photographs. With regards, Neil Soares. Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 1.jpg 552KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 2.jpg 477KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 3.jpg 480KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 4.jpg 494KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 5.jpg 495KViewDownload
[efloraofindia:75420] Fwd: Some queries
Forwarding for any assistance in the matter please. -- Forwarded message -- From: sanjay vijay skvbtbi...@yahoo.com Date: 29 July 2011 20:43 Subject: To: jmga...@gmail.com Respected sir Some queries , please answer the present status , as soon as possible. what are the family name of some plant ( latest ) Allium cepa - Alliaceae or Liliaceae Paris Trillium - Trilliaceae or Liliaceae Tectona grandis- Verbinaceae or --- Calotropis ---Asclepiadaceae or Apocynaceae Dr. S. K. Vijay, Alwar Centre for Advance biology -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) 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 1630 members 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5000 species)
[efloraofindia:75423] identification no 300711sn1
Dear All, Thanks for all the identifications so far.But this is a old pic which I wish to confirm.Is it Murdannia spirata?taken in Nov.10 at Mulshi,Pune thanks regards satish nikam my photos www.fickr.com/photos/wwwssncomphotosattachment: IMG_2404 -r.JPG
Re: [efloraofindia:75424] Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Hi Raju dasji, Please compare your plant with this: https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/1fd6a4c6fa7a2f87/55e538d29ac5857e?hl=enlnk=gstq=Cryptocoryne# Also, please furnish details about hte location of collection and season of flowering. I am much interested to find out this species. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:20 PM, raju das dasraj...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, *Cryptocoryne retrospiralis* (Roxb.) Fisch. ex Wydler *(Araceae)* Please validate the ID Regards, -- Raju Das Nature's Foster -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
[efloraofindia:75426] Re: Fwd: Some queries
Allium cepa - Amaryllidaceae. Paris Trillium - Melanthiaceae. Tectona grandis- Lamiaceae. Calotropis - Apocynaceae Ref: http://www.theplantlist.org/ Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 12:15 pm, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding for any assistance in the matter please. -- Forwarded message -- From: sanjay vijay skvbtbi...@yahoo.com Date: 29 July 2011 20:43 Subject: To: jmga...@gmail.com Respected sir Some queries , please answer the present status , as soon as possible. what are the family name of some plant ( latest ) Allium cepa - Alliaceae or Liliaceae Paris Trillium - Trilliaceae or Liliaceae Tectona grandis- Verbinaceae or --- Calotropis ---Asclepiadaceae or Apocynaceae Dr. S. K. Vijay, Alwar Centre for Advance biology -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com)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 1630 members 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database of around 5000 species)
[efloraofindia:75427] Re: identification no 300711sn1
Kindly post a picture including the leaves of the plant. Regards Giby On Jul 30, 12:21 pm, Satish Nikam satish_ni...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear All, Thanks for all the identifications so far.But this is a old pic which I wish to confirm.Is it Murdannia spirata?taken in Nov.10 at Mulshi,Pune thanks regards satish nikam my photoswww.fickr.com/photos/wwwssncomphotos IMG_2404 -r.JPG 40KViewDownload
Re: [efloraofindia:75428] Request Tree ID 0013
Dear friends, Is the tree a Cordia species? Regards, Badri Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -Original Message- From: raman raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:47:41 To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Reply-To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75426] Request Tree ID 0013 Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore Thanks, Raman
[efloraofindia:75430] Re: ID no. 300711TS01 - Tree ID request
I think it is Myristica malabarica of Myristicaceae family. Please cross check with any flora. Please cut open the fruit as see whether the seeds are red arillated and when you make a cut on the bark there would be red sap oozing out. http://www.biotik.org/india/species/m/myrimala/myrimala_en.html Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 2:21 pm, Thejaswi Shivanand dumak...@gmail.com wrote: I photographed this tree in fruit at Savandurga hill, near Magadi about 60 km west of Bangalore on 28th July. The tree was one of many in a cluster in rocky habitat; not very large - about 4-6 m in height, with opposite, elliptic leaves, with mature ones 6-8 cm long, and orange fruit about 1-1.5 cm across. The skin of the fruit had a fibrous inner layer, and transluscent, watery pulp (with the consistency of litchi pulp, also reminded me of *Cordia*) surrounded a single stone (the pulp was slightly sour). The leaves of some trees were infested with galls on the upper surface. I'd be grateful for any help in identification. regards Thejaswi Shivanand -- Thejaswi Shivanand http://www.cfl.in The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh... Jack Kerouac, On the Road -- Thejaswi Shivanand http://www.cfl.in The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh... Jack Kerouac, On the Road ID300710TS01.JPG 176KViewDownload
[efloraofindia:75431] Re: ID no. 300711TS01 - Tree ID request
But your description about fruits, opposite leaves and the place it is collected provoked my thoughts and made me rethink. Now I don't think that it is Myristica. Let me check it again. Do you have a close up of leaves and fruit by any chance? Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 2:21 pm, Thejaswi Shivanand dumak...@gmail.com wrote: I photographed this tree in fruit at Savandurga hill, near Magadi about 60 km west of Bangalore on 28th July. The tree was one of many in a cluster in rocky habitat; not very large - about 4-6 m in height, with opposite, elliptic leaves, with mature ones 6-8 cm long, and orange fruit about 1-1.5 cm across. The skin of the fruit had a fibrous inner layer, and transluscent, watery pulp (with the consistency of litchi pulp, also reminded me of *Cordia*) surrounded a single stone (the pulp was slightly sour). The leaves of some trees were infested with galls on the upper surface. I'd be grateful for any help in identification. regards Thejaswi Shivanand -- Thejaswi Shivanand http://www.cfl.in The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh... Jack Kerouac, On the Road -- Thejaswi Shivanand http://www.cfl.in The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh... Jack Kerouac, On the Road ID300710TS01.JPG 176KViewDownload
Re: [efloraofindia:75432] Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Hello had never seen such plant. In one photo I can see lot of spiral outgroths comming from water. in other the spiral outgrowth has leaves at thr base. In third and next some tips are shown. WHAT ARE THEY? Madhuri --- On Sat, 30/7/11, raju das dasraj...@gmail.com wrote: From: raju das dasraj...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75419] Cryptocoryne retrospiralis To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, 30 July, 2011, 12:20 PM Dear all, Cryptocoryne retrospiralis (Roxb.) Fisch. ex Wydler (Araceae) Please validate the ID Regards, -- Raju Das Nature's Foster
[efloraofindia:75433] Re: ID
It looks like Ananas Pudji Widodo
[efloraofindia:75434] Re: Passion Flower
Looks like Passiflora caerulea On Jul 30, 1:15 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Passiflora caerulea. Pankaj On Jul 27, 7:35 am, Balkar Arya balkara...@gmail.com wrote: May be* Passiflora incarnata* On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:53 AM, satyendra tiwari kaysat...@gmail.comwrote: Dear All This flower was photographed last week in my Garden at Tala Bandhavgarh. Just thought to share it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyendraphotography/5976920089/in/photo... Regards. Satyendra -- Satyendra K.Tiwari. Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader H.NO http://h.no/ 129, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya. M.P. India 484-661 Park Entry fee is constantly under revision since last one year. We take no responsibility for any changes in park rules / fees. We will endaevour to let you know as soon as we know of such changes. To know more about Bandhavgarh visit following links. http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyendraphotography http://tigerdiaries.blogspot.com http://skayscamp.wetpaint.com SKAY'S CAMP is awarded QUALITY rating by Tour Operator For Tigers (TOFT). http://www.toftigers.org/accommodation/Default.aspx?id=15 Review Skay's Camp on TripAdvisor 00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209 -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
[efloraofindia:75435] Re: Ficus drupacea
Kannada: Goni-Mara ( Ficus drupacea var. pubescens) . A common tree in Karnataka. On Jul 27, 10:44 am, Rohit N rohit.n...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Ficus drupacea both the varieties from Namdapha NP Arunachal Pradesh. Lot of animals, including, hornbills, barbets, hoolock gibbons feed on it extensively. Both the varieties occur sympatrically in AP. Cheers -- Rohit Naniwadekar Ph.D Student, Nature Conservation Foundation 3076/5, IV Cross, Gokulam Park, Mysore 570002 India Ficus drupacea (2).jpg 42KViewDownload Ficus drupacea.jpg 46KViewDownload
Re: [efloraofindia:75436] Request Tree ID 0013
Cordia dichotoma भोकर On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 2:27 PM, badrinarayan...@gmail.com wrote: ** Dear friends, Is the tree a Cordia species? Regards, Badri Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -- *From: * raman raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com *Sender: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Date: *Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:47:41 -0700 (PDT) *To: *indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *ReplyTo: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Subject: *[efloraofindia:75426] Request Tree ID 0013 Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore Thanks, Raman
[efloraofindia:75437] ID no. 300711TS01 - Tree ID request
I photographed this tree in fruit at Savandurga hill, near Magadi about 60 km west of Bangalore on 28th July. The tree was one of many in a cluster in rocky habitat; not very large - about 4-6 m in height, with opposite leaves, and orange fruit about 1-1.5 cm across. The skin of the fruit had a fibrous inner layer, and transluscent, watery pulp (with the consistency of litchi pulp, reminded me of *Cordia*) surrounded a single stone (the pulp was slightly sour). The leaves of some trees were infested with galls on the upper surface. I'd be grateful for any help in identification. regards Thejaswi Shivanand -- Thejaswi Shivanand http://www.cfl.in The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh... Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Fwd: [efloraofindia:75438] a request
Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. Some earlier relevant feedback: “Dear Mrs. Abraham: what a lovely idea!! May be it can be a research project for the young ladies who may be enterprising enough in your own institute? What a lovely way to spend a few weeks this summer? Spending time between the computer, library / books and the bazaars for vegetables and then the more knowledgeable professors from eflora could help out with the scientific IDs and classification. Dr. Gurucharan Singhji has already produced a key for Solanums Regards, Usha Desai MD /aka Usha di” -- Forwarded message -- From: Farida Abraham fa.abra...@gmail.com Date: 11 April 2011 18:11 Subject: [efloraofindia:66957] a request To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com A suggestion and request. Could one of the more knowledgeable in the group put together a chart of the varieties of chillies that grow all over India - the photo area in which it is grown and heat/colour properties also if it has an equivalent Engish name/ common indian name etc. it would be very interesting and useful to see them all together . Same could be done for the tomatoes and brinjals. FA -- Mrs. F. Abraham. Principal, La Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow 226001. -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) 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 1630 members 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5000 species)
Re: [efloraofindia:75446] Acalypha wilkesiana from Arya PG College Campus
Thanks Tanay For confirmation On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:04 AM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Possibly you are correct Balkar ji Tanay On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Balkar Arya balkara...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All Acalypha wilkesiana A Small Garden Shrub from Arya P G College Panipat pls validate -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
Re: [efloraofindia:75447] Re: Alisma plantago-aquatica from Gulmarg, Kashmir
Samir ji It was photographed on July 25, 2011 -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Samir Mehta samirmeht...@gmail.com wrote: Agree with you Pankaj ji. Will look nicer with the date disclosed. Regards, Samir On Jul 30, 1:09 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Nice Thanks for sharing. Pankaj On Jul 29, 11:33 am, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: *Alisma plantago-aquatica* L., Sp. Pl. 342 1753. Common names: Common water-plantain, mad dog weed Emergent aquatic herb distinct from A. lanceolatum in its ovate-lanceolate or ovate leaves rounded or cordate at base and obtuse petals; petiole 7-30 cm long; panicle up to 55 cm long with 4-8 erect branches; flowers white, about 1 cm across; sepals elliptic-ovate, up to 3 mm long with membranous margin; petals about twice as long as sepals, claw yellow, limb white (or pink); anthers yellow; achenes 2-3 mm long, pale brown. Photographed from Gulmarg, Kashmir, growing in roadside ditches. -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ Alisma-plantago-aquatica-Gulmarg-Kashmir-1.jpg 490KViewDownload Alisma-Plantago-aquatica-Gulmarg-Kashmir-2.jpg 249KViewDownload Alisma-plantago-aquatica-Gulmarg-Kashmir-3.jpg 265KViewDownload
[efloraofindia:75448] Re: eFI Man of the July'11- Sh. Gurucharan Singh
Gurcharan ji, Congratulations to you! You really deserve this award. You have been guiding us and we are learning a lot from you. You treat each mail the sameand reply with a lot of interest and knowledge each time. You are the main force behind generating so much interest amongst members. Regards, Aarti On Jul 29, 5:36 pm, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Madhuri ji Don't protest so early, otherwise who will entertain us with nice stories, anecdotes, lighthearted comments, etc. We already have a routine of uploading My best photograph of the Year uploaded by most members in the month of December, followed by a compilation of these by Satish Phadke ji in the month of January-February. If all members are willing we may increase frequency to more than one (say twice in year; four times in year; or monthly-though I fear there may not be enough photographs every month). There can be another option. Every month we select best photograph uploaded by a member. For this we can do voting on say first three days of the month (for selection of preceding month). Any nominated member (say Madhuri ji/Ushadi) can compile and declare result on say 5th of every month. Please give a thought to above suggestions. We should find ways to awaken sleeping members, and make awakened members more active. -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:40 PM, formpeja...@yahoo.com wrote: ** I protest! I know I will never win any rank in eflora, but the suggession given by me was not so bad that all members including sir ji, Garg ji, Ushadi should ignore it. Sending the same thread so anybody can follow what I say. At present I am crying with sorrow of getting ignored. Umm. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- *From: * formpeja...@yahoo.com *Sender: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Date: *Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:10:53 + *To: *Efloraindiaindiantreepix@googlegroups.com *ReplyTo: * formpeja...@yahoo.com *Subject: *Fw: [efloraofindia:75324] eFI Man of the July'11- Sh. Gurucharan Singh Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- *From: * formpeja...@yahoo.com *Date: *Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:01:45 + *To: *J.M. Gargjmga...@gmail.com *ReplyTo: * formpeja...@yahoo.com *Subject: *Re: [efloraofindia:75298] eFI Man of the July'11- Sh. Gurucharan Singh H!h! Congrats congrats! Time to celebrate sir ji! Balkar ji,Gibi ji, Ushadi ji, HS ji. You r in next line of celebration among the top five. Sooo? What is your idea of celebration? All of you should sent one best shot of your beloved plant? I know it is difficult to select one among all we love. But anyway you all will be repeated over months to come, along with Dineshji, Gargji himself, Pankaj ji, Tanay, Nabha ji , Mani ji, Vijayshankar ji, neil ji, and few more. Sir ji may be a permanent member. So you all will have ample of time to celebrate the lovely ones. S! Waiting. Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- *From: * J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com *Sender: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Date: *Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:54:44 +0530 *To: *efloraofindiaindiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Subject: *[efloraofindia:75298] eFI Man of the July'11- Sh. Gurucharan Singh Dear friends, From this month onwards, we start eFI Man/ Woman of the Month. For July'11, this goes to Singh ji for 307 messages already posted (upto 28/7/11) as per details below ( I think he would have won the maximum number of times since he joined): http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/about?hl=en_IN Next closest is Balkar ji with 207 messages. And other substantial contributors are Giby ji, Usha di Hemson (Alfred) ji being among top five. -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) 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 1630 members 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database of around 5000 species)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -
Re: [efloraofindia:75449] Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Realy a new and interesting plant. thanks for sharing Raju ji On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.comwrote: Hello had never seen such plant. In one photo I can see lot of spiral outgroths comming from water. in other the spiral outgrowth has leaves at thr base. In third and next some tips are shown. WHAT ARE THEY? Madhuri --- On *Sat, 30/7/11, raju das dasraj...@gmail.com* wrote: From: raju das dasraj...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75419] Cryptocoryne retrospiralis To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, 30 July, 2011, 12:20 PM Dear all, *Cryptocoryne retrospiralis* (Roxb.) Fisch. ex Wydler *(Araceae)* Please validate the ID Regards, -- Raju Das Nature's Foster -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
Re: [efloraofindia:75450] Request Tree ID 0013
Yes Ajinkya Ji Cordia dichotoma On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 6:11 PM, ajinkya gadave ajinkyagad...@gmail.comwrote: Cordia dichotoma भोकर On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 2:27 PM, badrinarayan...@gmail.com wrote: ** Dear friends, Is the tree a Cordia species? Regards, Badri Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -- *From: * raman raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com *Sender: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Date: *Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:47:41 -0700 (PDT) *To: *indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *ReplyTo: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Subject: *[efloraofindia:75426] Request Tree ID 0013 Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore Thanks, Raman -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
Re: [efloraofindia:75451] Re: Flora of Panipat- Murraya paniculata from PIET Campus Samalkha Panipat
Dear friends I think these differences are not significant when we realise that all modern books and databases including GRIN and The Plant List treat M. exotica L. (as well as M. exotica DC.) is treated as synonym of M. paniculata. Except from shape of fruit and other minor differences there is nothing to warrant treating exotica as an independent species. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 11:23 AM, harithasandhya harithasand...@yahoo.comwrote: Dear friends, This is getting more and more interesting and cofusing! Had a look at the pictures and the link that Ushadi had posted. According to it Murraya paniculata has elongated seeds and M.exotica rounded ones. The berries I have collected recently from different plants in various gardens in Trivandrum have elongated seeds. So they have to be Murraya paniculata according to the above link. But Vijaysankar says M.paniculata is the wild one and H.S. says M.paniculata flowers are not fragrant. But the flowers of the trees with elongated seeds are very fragrant. Just wanted to share these observations. Regards, Sandhya On Jul 29, 7:34 pm, Balkar Arya balkara...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Usha Ji and Gurcharan Ji On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:46 AM, ushadi Micromini microminipho...@gmail.com wrote: Gurucharanji: googling for murraya paniculata flower dissection some where along the way a nice bw line drawing of the flower and ovary etc of murraya paniculate... the figure could non be copied... but I could access the accompanying text which red, I quote: *Murraya* *paniculata* is cultivated as an ornamental shrub, whereas M. koenigii is cultivated for its curry leaves. Leaves of Skimmia laureola are burnt in order to purify air. Ruta (rue), Zanthoxylum (toothache tree), and Casimiroa are medicinal. Boenninghausenia (‘Pisu-mar-buti’) is used as an insecticidal. *Murraya* *paniculata* ‘Kamini’ Cultivated evergreen shrub. Leaves: Alternate, imparipinnate, leaflets 5-7, gland-dotted, coriaceous, exstipulate, unicostate reticulate. Inflorescence: Axillary or terminal many flowered cymes. *Flower*: Ebracteate, pedicellate, complete, actinomorphic, bisexual, hypogynous, pentamerous, cyclic. Calyx: 5, gamosepalous, valvate, green, inferior. Corolla: 5, polypetalous, imbricate, gland-dotted, fragrant, white, inferior. Androecium: 10, in two whorls, outer whorl alternating with petals, inner opposite (diplostemonous), anthers bithecous, basifixed, dehiscence longitudinal, introrse. Gynoecium: Bi-to tricarpellary syncarpous superior ovary, bi-to trilocular, 1-2 ovules in each loculus, placentation axile, style long, stigma 2-3-fid, ovary surrounded at base by a large nectariferous disc. Fruit: Red ovoid berry. it turned out to be a google doc type page... scrolling up got me your name its a wonderful chapter... the entire chapter is many many pages long ... at a website called Wiz IQ... that apparently charges money for accessing the full paper to students This file was put up by NOT YOU/YOURSELF but by somebody called Richard... URL for this page is http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/78986-Biology-XI-5-Morph-of-Flowering-P. .. http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/78986-Biology-XI-5-Morph-of-Flowering-P... I am telling you all this , ,,, so that IF THIS IS INFRINGEMENT OF YOUR COPYRIGHT ... you may decide what to do about it... = FOR OTHERS at eflora/Indiatreepix: THIS WRITE UP IS wonderful for ID of the plant in question originally from our own Dr. Gurucharan Singh. Usha di -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
[efloraofindia:75452] Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: August 1 to 7, 2011
Dear Friends We will have our next Plant Week starting from Monday, August 1 to Sunday, August 7, 2011. Incidently first Monday falls right on first in the month of August. Members are requested to upload members of this family both identified as well those meant for ID. The subject line for all mails pertaining to this family during the Week should start with Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week:. Here is the list of episodes already covered and those proposed for future November, 2010: Apocynaceae (Dr. Balkar Arya) December: Poaceae (Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary January, 2011: Fruits and Vegetables (Dinesh Valke) February: Commelinales and Zingiberales (Dr. Mayur Nandikar) March: Euphorbiaceae (Dr. Rashida Atthar) April: Solanaceae (Dr. Gurcharan Singh) May: Ranunculaceae (Dr. Nidhan Singh) June: Acanthaceae (Dr. Gurcharan Singh) July: Lamiaceae (Dr. Gurcharan Singh) August: Apiaceae September: Malvaceae (Dr. Balkar Singh) October: Rosaceae Your suggestions please! You may please volunteer to coordinate the episode of your choice -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
[efloraofindia:75453] Re: Yellow Flowers for ID : 300711 : AK-1
I think it is Tecoma castanifolia. Mohan On Jul 30, 7:07 pm, Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com wrote: Taken at Nasik, Maharashtra on 23/2/11 growing wild by the roadside. I think they are Tecoma...but there are 3-4 types in FOI and getting confused as to which ones are these. Medium sized bushes with yellow flowers. Aarti P1130186.JPG 204KViewDownload P1130190.JPG 114KViewDownload
Re: [efloraofindia:75455] Request Tree ID 0013
Thanks, Raman
[efloraofindia:75456] Re: Request Tree ID: 0012
This was the fruit and it just started flowering now in Bangalore Raman attachment: ZZ Unknown 008 Tree - .jpg
[efloraofindia:75456] Re: Request Tree ID: 0012
Is the fruit from the same plant in the pictures of your first message in this thread? Is it a tree? Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 8:54 pm, raman raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com wrote: This was the fruit and it just started flowering now in Bangalore Raman ZZ Unknown 008 Tree - .jpg 40KViewDownload
[efloraofindia:75457] Re: Yellow Flowers for ID : 300711 : AK-1
Yes, Tecoma castanifolia of Bignoniaceae family. Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 8:22 pm, Mohan V. Chunkath mohan.chunk...@gmail.com wrote: I think it is Tecoma castanifolia. Mohan On Jul 30, 7:07 pm, Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com wrote: Taken at Nasik, Maharashtra on 23/2/11 growing wild by the roadside. I think they are Tecoma...but there are 3-4 types in FOI and getting confused as to which ones are these. Medium sized bushes with yellow flowers. Aarti P1130186.JPG 204KViewDownload P1130190.JPG 114KViewDownload
[efloraofindia:75460] Re: Request Tree ID: 0012
All are from the same Tree. In fact I have put the pictures of the tree when it had fruits Thanks, Raman
Re: [efloraofindia:75461] a request
Friends, would this help? http://chilly.in/Indian_chilli_varieties.htm http://chilly.in/scoville_scale.htm Regards Yazdy Palia. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:14 PM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. Some earlier relevant feedback: “Dear Mrs. Abraham: what a lovely idea!! May be it can be a research project for the young ladies who may be enterprising enough in your own institute? What a lovely way to spend a few weeks this summer? Spending time between the computer, library / books and the bazaars for vegetables and then the more knowledgeable professors from eflora could help out with the scientific IDs and classification. Dr. Gurucharan Singhji has already produced a key for Solanums Regards, Usha Desai MD /aka Usha di” -- Forwarded message -- From: Farida Abraham fa.abra...@gmail.com Date: 11 April 2011 18:11 Subject: [efloraofindia:66957] a request To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com A suggestion and request. Could one of the more knowledgeable in the group put together a chart of the varieties of chillies that grow all over India - the photo area in which it is grown and heat/colour properties also if it has an equivalent Engish name/ common indian name etc. it would be very interesting and useful to see them all together . Same could be done for the tomatoes and brinjals. FA -- Mrs. F. Abraham. Principal, La Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow 226001. -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) 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 1630 members 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5000 species)
Re: [efloraofindia:75463] Wild Flower for ID : 300711 : AK-2
Hi, This is the Wild Ladies' Fingers [Abelmoschus manihot]. Please check this link for my photographs of this : https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b4030b3cb21fadc7/d2820786bffa7dac?hl=enlnk=gstq=Wild+ladies+fingers+Neil+soares#d2820786bffa7dac With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Sat, 7/30/11, Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com wrote: From: Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75442] Wild Flower for ID : 300711 : AK-2 To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011, 7:41 PM Taken at Maharashtra Nature Park,Mumbai, Maharashtra on 19/9/10. Found growing wild Plant around 4-5 feet with Yellow flowers. Aarti
[efloraofindia:75464] Re: Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Dear Muthuji, Madhuriji,Balkarji, Thank you for the appreciation. I have collected this species during my field survey at Assam. The habitat was semi evergreen, and the collection site is a perennial river bank with sand and pebbles. Very interesting to note that, I have seen this sp only from a single location and some mammals are seen to feed on this. I have photographed the phenophases of this species. The flowering was seen (Pic 12) during March-April and fruit (pic 56)during September- October. Regards, Raju Das On Jul 30, 7:32 pm, Balkar Arya balkara...@gmail.com wrote: Realy a new and interesting plant. thanks for sharing Raju ji On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.comwrote: Hello had never seen such plant. In one photo I can see lot of spiral outgroths comming from water. in other the spiral outgrowth has leaves at thr base. In third and next some tips are shown. WHAT ARE THEY? Madhuri --- On *Sat, 30/7/11, raju das dasraj...@gmail.com* wrote: From: raju das dasraj...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75419] Cryptocoryne retrospiralis To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, 30 July, 2011, 12:20 PM Dear all, *Cryptocoryne retrospiralis* (Roxb.) Fisch. ex Wydler *(Araceae)* Please validate the ID Regards, -- Raju Das Nature's Foster -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -
Re: [efloraofindia:75465] Re: Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Great! Thanks Raju ji for sharing it. In the photo where those shoot like things are comming out I first thought that they are pnumatophores of mangroves. I doubt that in nature I would have dreamt it to be a plant. Thanks for showing an entirely diff plant. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: raju dasraj...@gmail.com Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:23:18 To: efloraofindiaindiantreepix@googlegroups.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75464] Re: Cryptocoryne retrospiralis Dear Muthuji, Madhuriji,Balkarji, Thank you for the appreciation. I have collected this species during my field survey at Assam. The habitat was semi evergreen, and the collection site is a perennial river bank with sand and pebbles. Very interesting to note that, I have seen this sp only from a single location and some mammals are seen to feed on this. I have photographed the phenophases of this species. The flowering was seen (Pic 12) during March-April and fruit (pic 56)during September- October. Regards, Raju Das On Jul 30, 7:32 pm, Balkar Arya balkara...@gmail.com wrote: Realy a new and interesting plant. thanks for sharing Raju ji On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.comwrote: Hello had never seen such plant. In one photo I can see lot of spiral outgroths comming from water. in other the spiral outgrowth has leaves at thr base. In third and next some tips are shown. WHAT ARE THEY? Madhuri --- On *Sat, 30/7/11, raju das dasraj...@gmail.com* wrote: From: raju das dasraj...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75419] Cryptocoryne retrospiralis To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, 30 July, 2011, 12:20 PM Dear all, *Cryptocoryne retrospiralis* (Roxb.) Fisch. ex Wydler *(Araceae)* Please validate the ID Regards, -- Raju Das Nature's Foster -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -
[efloraofindia:75466] Re: Giant Jewel Beetle feeding on Tendu leaves
Thanks Gibyfor the lesson... your language tone sounds like you just put me in my place, good for you... you must now be at peace... and may be we can now be friendly Usha di == On Jul 30, 11:09 am, Smilax004 giby.kuriak...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Geeta, There is only one leaf belong to Dioscorea that too only in the first picture. The main plant in the pictures is Diospyros melanoxylon leaves as Neil ji mentioned. One more interesting point I would like to mention here that recently a scientist in ATREE Bangalore fond out that leaves of Nothapodytes nimmoniana is been eaten by a Dear Ushadi, That is their nature not only insects most of the animals do so. What do a domestic cow do? Who cleans its surroundings? are they concerned about the same? In forest/nature, animals move around and they don't concerned about the cleanliness of the surroundings, caused by them. But there is system that works on it, such as dung beetles on dungs of mammals and in no time the area gets cleaned. Fungus degrades the wastes or decaying/dead substances. Rain washes away the surroundings of insects and any disturbance of the plant (as what you see in the picture) would help to drop down all such kind of foreign materials. In nature there is a system (or several systems) that works well to keep up the momentum. It is we who don't work as per the rules of nature hence need to work on each and every thing that we do. Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 5:54 am, Geeta rgeet...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Dioscorea--possibly D. bulbifera. On Jul 30, 5:30 am, Ushadi micromini microminipho...@gmail.com wrote: and in pic 1, what is the heart shaped leaf peering down at the top? interesting venatiions... seems to be a vine growing up on the tendu... Udsha di === On Jul 29, 10:15 pm, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, Thought this might be interesting….. Photographed this Giant Jewel Beetle [a Sternocera sp. possibly S.chrysis] at my farm last weekend gorging on Tendu [Diospyros melanoxylon] leaves. After extracting the juices it would discard the fibrous pellets. Sending a few photographs. With regards, Neil Soares. Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 1.jpg 552KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 2.jpg 477KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 3.jpg 480KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 4.jpg 494KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 5.jpg 495KViewDownload
Re: [efloraofindia:75469] Wild Flower for ID : 300711 : AK-2
Many thanks Dr Neil ji for the id. There are so many different Abelmoschus sp that it gets confusing. Regards, Aarti On 7/30/11, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, This is the Wild Ladies' Fingers [Abelmoschus manihot]. Please check this link for my photographs of this : https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b4030b3cb21fadc7/d2820786bffa7dac?hl=enlnk=gstq=Wild+ladies+fingers+Neil+soares#d2820786bffa7dac With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Sat, 7/30/11, Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com wrote: From: Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75442] Wild Flower for ID : 300711 : AK-2 To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011, 7:41 PM Taken at Maharashtra Nature Park,Mumbai, Maharashtra on 19/9/10. Found growing wild Plant around 4-5 feet with Yellow flowers. Aarti
Re: [efloraofindia:75472] Re: Giant Jewel Beetle feeding on Tendu leaves
Dear Neil: Thanks for sharing... are these VINES volunteers or did you transplant/ plant 'em by design? I would not know which is which... could you tell me, please? DOES YOUR AIR POTATO PLANT DEVELOP the typical potaoes? Have ever eaten them? I became interested in Dioscorea... as a tribe...while studying ethnobotany of ne states of india including Assam, Bengal, Tripura Nagaland etc...the genus is of utmost importance as food to natives of ne hill states of Indiaas tubers..leaves are all eaten, often as staples... But even before that, while studying western herbal medicine,. became interested in Dioscorea .as sources of steroid diosgenin... which in hands of industry is base for making synthetic hormones but of cource you knew that.. and that one leaf sort of reminded me of something I seen somewhere, there by that initial question THE MORE MORE I READ ABOUT BOTANY OF INDIA.. ITS BECOMING CLEARER BY THE DAY THAT THE WESTERN GHATS HAVE A VERY DIVERSE and .. HIGHLY EVOLVED BOTANICAL MIX... AND MANY THINGS NOT IN OUR COLLECTIVE HORTICULTURAL HABITS REMAIN TO BE DISCOVERED ANEW , ESP WHEN WE CAN ALL BE ARMED WITH RECORDERS AND DIGITAL CAMERAS...AND TALK TO EACH OTHER SO RAPIDLY..!!! EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING OUR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE Regards, Usha di == On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi, The Dioscorea bulbifera was just an incidental finding. Please check these photographs where there are at least 6 climbers per frame. They are all taken at my farm at Shahapur. With regards, Neil Soares. --- On *Sat, 7/30/11, Smilax004 giby.kuriak...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Smilax004 giby.kuriak...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:75417] Re: Giant Jewel Beetle feeding on Tendu leaves To: Geeta rgeet...@gmail.com Cc: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com, microminipho...@gmail.com Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011, 11:39 AM Dear Geeta, There is only one leaf belong to Dioscorea that too only in the first picture. The main plant in the pictures is Diospyros melanoxylon leaves as Neil ji mentioned. One more interesting point I would like to mention here that recently a scientist in ATREE Bangalore fond out that leaves of Nothapodytes nimmoniana is been eaten by a Dear Ushadi, That is their nature not only insects most of the animals do so. What do a domestic cow do? Who cleans its surroundings? are they concerned about the same? In forest/nature, animals move around and they don't concerned about the cleanliness of the surroundings, caused by them. But there is system that works on it, such as dung beetles on dungs of mammals and in no time the area gets cleaned. Fungus degrades the wastes or decaying/dead substances. Rain washes away the surroundings of insects and any disturbance of the plant (as what you see in the picture) would help to drop down all such kind of foreign materials. In nature there is a system (or several systems) that works well to keep up the momentum. It is we who don't work as per the rules of nature hence need to work on each and every thing that we do. Regards, Giby On Jul 30, 5:54 am, Geeta rgeet...@gmail.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rgeet...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Dioscorea--possibly D. bulbifera. On Jul 30, 5:30 am, Ushadi micromini microminipho...@gmail.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=microminipho...@gmail.com wrote: and in pic 1, what is the heart shaped leaf peering down at the top? interesting venatiions... seems to be a vine growing up on the tendu... Udsha di === On Jul 29, 10:15 pm, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, Thought this might be interesting….. Photographed this Giant Jewel Beetle [a Sternocera sp. possibly S.chrysis] at my farm last weekend gorging on Tendu [Diospyros melanoxylon] leaves. After extracting the juices it would discard the fibrous pellets. Sending a few photographs. With regards, Neil Soares. Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 1.jpg 552KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 2.jpg 477KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 3.jpg 480KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 4.jpg 494KViewDownload Giant Jewel Beetle on Tendu 5.jpg 495KViewDownload
