[indiantreepix:17394] Re: Purple Flower ID please

2009-09-02 Thread ajinkya gadave
Sushmita jee this is *Eustoma grandiflorum, Lisianthus russelianus* *Family*: Gentianaceae Texas Bluebell, Lisianthus, Tulip Gentian *Origin: *Texas and Mexico THANKS.. *Wild species from western USA, garden varieties selectioned in Japan. Biennial or half hardy annual, need regular to

[indiantreepix:17395] Re: ID 010909GS2 plant for identification

2009-09-02 Thread ajinkya gadave
Gurucharan jee this is *Cuphea hyssopifolia* *Family: Lythraceae Mexican False heather, False heather, Hawaiian heather, Elfin herb Origin: Mexico, Guatemala* *Cuphea hyssopifolia is a small tropical evergreen sub-shrub with many charming attributes including compact form and fine textured

[indiantreepix:17396] Re: Purple Flower ID please

2009-09-02 Thread Sushmita Jha
Thank you so much for the ID and further information. Is it propagated from seeds only? Can it be grown in Delhi with extra special care? Or is the climate here too harsh? Thanks. sushmita Jha On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM, ajinkya gadave ajinkyagad...@gmail.comwrote: Sushmita jee this is

[indiantreepix:17399] Re: which Alstonia species ?

2009-09-02 Thread ajinkya gadave
*NAMASKAR DINESH SIR this is Alstonia macrophylla Family: Apocynaceae Thungfaa, Devil Tree* On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.comwrote: Dear friends, Clearly an *Alstonia* -- growing in Phirojshah Mehta Gardens (the southern gate end), at Malabar Hill. My

[indiantreepix:17400] Re: which Alstonia species ?

2009-09-02 Thread santhosh kumar es
I think this represent Alstonia scholaris not Alstonia macrophylla Regards Dr Santhosh Kumar 2009/9/2 Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com Dear friends, Clearly an *Alstonia* -- growing in Phirojshah Mehta Gardens (the southern gate end), at Malabar Hill. My flickr friend Ajinkya Gadave

[indiantreepix:17401] Re: ... fruits of a climber

2009-09-02 Thread Swagat
Dr. Satishji, You are right... *'Wattakaka volubills' / 'Dregea volubilis' *is called *'Hirandodi' 'हिरणदोडी' *in Marathi. Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568. -- 2009/9/1 Satish Phadke phadke.sat...@gmail.com *Wattakaka

[indiantreepix:17404] Re: Another ficus sp from Periyar

2009-09-02 Thread ajinkya gadave
may be Ficus hispida On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com wrote: Nayan ji, I am attaching photos of Ficus hispida for comparison. For more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=intw=91314...@n00q=Ficus+hispidam=text Regards. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:29

[indiantreepix:17405] Re: 010909GS3 Tree for ID

2009-09-02 Thread Kenneth Greby
 Decidedly Bignoniaceae, likely a Markhamia species, quite possibly a rather toothy individual of M. lutea. This species is quite variable, and is now considered an umbrella species covering M. hidebrandtii, M. platycalyx, though I, for one, am not convinced of this... Regards-- Ken Greby Los

[indiantreepix:17406] Re: Artocarpus altilis-Breadfruit tree

2009-09-02 Thread Swagat
Dear all, *'Artocarpus altilis' / 'Artocarpus incisus' *is called *'Neerphanas' 'नीरफणस' *in Marathi. Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 -- 2009/9/2 Pardeshi S. satishparde...@gmail.com Hello dear Rashida Dr Satish i also

[indiantreepix:17407] Re: Artocarpus altilis-Breadfruit tree

2009-09-02 Thread Dinesh Valke
... more common names: breadfruit • Hindi: bakri-chajhar • Kannada: gujjekai • Konkani: जिवी कडगी jivi kadgi • Marathi: नीरफणस nirphanas, विलायती फणस vilayati phanas • Sanskrit: नागदामिनी nagadamani • Tamil: ஈரப்பலா irppla, kadapila Regards. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Swagat

[indiantreepix:17408] Re: Artocarpus altilis-Breadfruit tree

2009-09-02 Thread Swagat
Dear Dinesh, Thanks for the sharing more local names. But in Sanskrit *'Nagdamani' *is the name for *'Crinum asiaticum' *and not for the *'Artocarpus altilis' / 'Artocarpus incisus' . *Please check. Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 - 2009/9/2 Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com

[indiantreepix:17409] Re: Artocarpus altilis-Breadfruit tree

2009-09-02 Thread Satish Phadke
I meant to say that they are synonymous. *Artocarpus altilis' syn 'Artocarpus incisus' * Satish Phadke 2009/9/2 Swagat swagat1...@gmail.com Dear Dinesh, Thanks for the sharing more local names. But in Sanskrit *'Nagdamani' *is the name for *'Crinum asiaticum' *and not for the *'Artocarpus

[indiantreepix:17410] Re: Study of Flacourtia

2009-09-02 Thread Satish Phadke
Useful and keen observation Thanks Dr Phadke Satish 2009/9/2 katie bagli katieba...@yahoo.co.in Hi, The Flacourtia shrub was seen everywhere in Malshej, flowering and fruiting, and so also the Common leopard butterfly, whose caterpillar considers it as its foodplant. It was interesting to

[indiantreepix:17412] Re: ID-DKB185

2009-09-02 Thread Swagat
Dinesh, *'Asiantum lunulatum' *is called *'Rajhans' 'राजहंस' / 'Hanspadi' 'हंसपदी' *in Marathi. and *'Asiantum caudatum' *is called *'Mayurshikha' 'मयूर‍‍शिखा'* in Marathi. Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 -- 2009/9/1, Dinesh Valke

[indiantreepix:17414] Re: Wildflower of the Month:Common Hogweed

2009-09-02 Thread Swagat
Dear all, *'Boerhavia diffusa' *is called *'Khapara' 'खापरा' / 'Khapari' 'खापरी' *in Marathi. Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 2009/9/2, JANAKI TURAGA janakitur...@gmail.com: Hi all, The Common Hogweed Boerhavia diffusa, is my

[indiantreepix:17415] Re: PKA010909-alysicarpus

2009-09-02 Thread Swagat
Dear all, ** *'Alysicarpus tetragonolobus' *is called *'Lal Shevara' 'लाल शेवरा' *in Marathi. Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 2009/9/1, Tabish tabi...@gmail.com: Dear Prashant, This looks like Alysicarpus tetragonolobus. The standard petal is

[indiantreepix:17417] Re: Wildflower of the Month:Common Hogweed

2009-09-02 Thread Dinesh Valke
Many thanks Swagat for the Marathi name of the plant which I did not get earlier .. I will add what I have compiled: hogweed, horse purslane, pigweed • Assamese: pananua • Bengali: punarnova • Gujarati: સાતૉડી satodi • Hindi: गधा कंद gadha-cand, शोथाग्नी shothagni • Kannada: komme • Konkani:

[indiantreepix:17413] Re: Another ficus sp from Periyar

2009-09-02 Thread Nayan Singh
Dear Dinesh ji Santosh Kumar ji Thanks for id and further information.  N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P. 09424792100 From: Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com To: J.M. Garg

[indiantreepix:17424] Re: Wildflower of the Month:Common Hogweed

2009-09-02 Thread Swagat
Dinesh, Here are some more local names for *'Boerhavia diffusa' *... *Marathi-* Pandhari Ghetuli पांढरी घेटुळी, *Hindi-* Biskhapara बिसखपरा, Gadahbindo गदहबिंडो, Gadahpurana गदहपुरना, *Gujrati-* Vasedo वसेडो, * Bengali-* Gadapushpa गदापुष्‍पा, *Tamil-* Sukuaetti सुकुएट्टी, *Punjabi-*Itsit इटसिट,

[indiantreepix:17432] Re: Lamiaceae??

2009-09-02 Thread J.M. Garg
A reply: There is a match of Scutellaria sp? Santhosh 2009/9/2 J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. Earlier relevant feedbacks: The plant rather reminds me of some species of Impatiens Gurcharan Singh Hello Sibdas Ji it is certainly not Ocimum gratissimum

[indiantreepix:17421] Re: [indiantreepix:/] Re: Request for ID 100809 Srinagar - 4

2009-09-02 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Nayan ji, your identification was correct. It is for sure Morus alba. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 - Original Message - From: Nayan Singh To: Pankaj Kumar Cc: swagat1...@gmail.com

[indiantreepix:17420] Re: Request for ID 100809 Srinagar - 4

2009-09-02 Thread Tabish
Indeed, it looks like Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) - Tabish On Sep 2, 7:03 pm, Nayan Singh ns_dungri...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Dear Pankaj ..may be, i have not seen this tree. thanks  N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger

[indiantreepix:17437] Re: 010909GS3 Tree for ID

2009-09-02 Thread J.M. Garg
Hi, Singh ji. I have photographed this in Hyderabad. You can see it here: *Markhamia lutea* *Bignoniaceae* T *Markhamia, Siala * Flowering in Secunderabad, A.P. on 25/5/08; blooming in Pune Maharashtra at present in Sep 2008; http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/M/Markhamia_lutea.asp Siala

[indiantreepix:17436] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Nayan Singh
looks like Cassia glauca thanks  N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P. 09424792100 From: Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com To: Indian Tree Pix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday,

[indiantreepix:17433] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:16542] Wildflowers

2009-09-02 Thread Prashant awale
Dear Friends, Pic 6507 looks like Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae family). best wishes' Prashant On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. Earlier feedback from Rajesh ji: Hi vivek , pic 6546 seems to be Swertia minor that is

[indiantreepix:17446] Re: ... Cassia ¿ sp ecies ?

2009-09-02 Thread Dinesh Valke
Yazdi ji, many thanks, but not *Cassia fistula* ... Ken, you may be correct. My own first thought matches that of Nayan ji. (I will check later, faintly recollect *S. surattensis* and *C. glauca* are synonymous). Will wait for any further validations. Regards. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:11

[indiantreepix:17448] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Tabish
Nayan's ID seems correct to me. Cassia glauca, now known as Senna surattensis, has glaucus pinnate leaves, 5-petalled flowers, and flat seedpods up to 20 cm long. The habit also looks right - it is more commonly seen as a shrub. - Tabish On Sep 2, 10:41 pm, Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.com

[indiantreepix:17443] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Yazdy Palia
Hello friends, could it be cassia fistula? Please check up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shower_Tree Regards Yazdy. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Kenneth Grebyfstf...@yahoo.com wrote: Dinesh--  I don't believe that this is Senna spectabilis (Syn S. excelsa, S. carnaval) due to the

[indiantreepix:17451] Re: Giant Milkweed Flowers and Silky shield Ants

2009-09-02 Thread Gurcharan Singh
I am uploading Calotropis gigantea in separate post Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 - Original Message - From: santhosh kumar es To: JANAKI TURAGA Cc: wildflowerin...@yahoogroups.com

[indiantreepix:17447] Re: pls identify this species..

2009-09-02 Thread Yazdy Palia
Dear Mr. Velavan, Do you see a large nest of black ants on the top of the tree? I have seen trees that have such nests have black stem. The leaves in your picture looks totally black. Trees with the nest of these ants have leaves that turn black but not as black as the leaves in your pictures

[indiantreepix:17458] Re: Commonly seen at Malshej

2009-09-02 Thread nabha meghani
Hi there is also a white variety of it? I have similarlooking in my garden, but will have to wait till april / may next year. Regards Nalini - Original Message - From: katie bagli To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 5:20 AM Subject:

[indiantreepix:17455] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Pankaj Oudhia
Dear Yazdy, pictures of Cassia fistula pods and flowers for your reference.. http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdbPdbID=43989 http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdbPdbID=51252 http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdbPdbID=101448 Pankaj Oudhia On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Gurcharan

[indiantreepix:17456] Re: ID Reqd for HP Flora

2009-09-02 Thread nabha meghani
cud it be (Sedum sexangulare) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milder_Mauerpfeffer? we find lots of this in sandy places Regards nalini - Original Message - From: Gurcharan Singh sin...@sify.com To: Dr. Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com; indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com

[indiantreepix:17461] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Nayan Singh
Gurcharan ji yesterday i id it as Cassia glauca, but some how it is missing in the thread, what do you think about my this wild guess? thanks  N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P. 09424792100

[indiantreepix:17462] Fw: [indiantreepix:17454] Re: .. . Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Nayan Singh
Sorry Gurcharan Singh ji, troubling you, in the other thread of the same topic i came to know that  new name of Cassia glauca is Senna surattensis, my confusion is now clear. thanks  N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P.

[indiantreepix:17463] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:15547] ID confirmation

2009-09-02 Thread J.M. Garg
Here is a reply from Pankaj ji: I have seen this plant and today i spent whole of my second half of the day in vain identifying the plant. This is not digitata gibsoni var. gibsoni (=foliosa) gibsoni var. foetida panchaganensis grandifloriformis stenopetala panigrahiana var. panigrahiana

[indiantreepix:17464] Most memorable learning conversations on 'Indiantreepix'

2009-09-02 Thread J.M. Garg
Dear members, May I request members to suggest the most memorable learning conversations that they have witnessed till date on indiantreepix. This is required for a chapter on USER DRIVEN LEARNING IN BOTANY. -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1

[indiantreepix:17466] Re: Study of Flacourtia

2009-09-02 Thread J.M. Garg
Hi, Geeta ji, To me these look different from *Flacourtia indica* as per link: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Governor's%20Plum.html 2009/9/2 geeta arun geetaar...@gmail.com Hi Katie Dr. Phadke , Posting photographs of Flacourtia indica showing flowers fruits coming directly

[indiantreepix:17467] Re: Calotropis gigantea ID 020909GS1

2009-09-02 Thread Dinesh Valke
... I find that the entirely white-coloured flowers like those posted by Gurcharan ji, are relatively rarer than the classic lilac toned. Adding few common names that I have compiled: bowstring hemp, crown flower, giant calotrope, giant milkweed, swallow-wort • Bengali: আকন্দ aakanda • Hindi:

[indiantreepix:17465] Re: Request for Bauhinia ID-030909

2009-09-02 Thread Kenneth Greby
 I believe that it is a lighter color form of B. tomentosa, though the foliage seems perhaps a little large? Hopefully others will have more conclusive opinions here. Regards-- Ken Greby Los Angeles, CA USA --- On Wed, 9/2/09, rashida atthar rashidaatt...@hotmail.com wrote: From: rashida

[indiantreepix:17469] Re: Grass with sticky flowers for Id- 020909Jm

2009-09-02 Thread Nayan Singh
Dear Garg ji it may be Setaria intermedia, a wild guess Thanks  N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P. 09424792100 From: J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com To: indiantreepix

[indiantreepix:17471] Re: Grass with sticky flowers for Id- 020909Jm

2009-09-02 Thread Rani Bhagat
If inflorescence is Dense then it is Setaria tomentosa and if sparse then Setaria intermedia pls check On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Nayan Singh ns_dungri...@yahoo.co.inwrote: Dear Garg ji it may be Setaria intermedia, a wild guess Thanks N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests

[indiantreepix:17475] Re: Grass with sticky flowers for Id- 020909Jm

2009-09-02 Thread Nayan Singh
some detail informaiton is in following link Setaria tomentosa information from NPGS/GRIN  N.S.Dungriyal IFS Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P. 09424792100 From: Rani Bhagat raanibha...@gmail.com To: Nayan

[indiantreepix:17476] Re: Study of Flacourtia

2009-09-02 Thread Neil Soares
Hi,  Sorry to come in so late but this shrub is Maytenus rothiana [Gymnospora rothiana] locally called Yenkli. Please check the archives of this group for the previous discussion on this. Regards,    Neil. --- On Thu, 9/3/09, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com

[indiantreepix:17478] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:15551] ID(ID-DKB151)

2009-09-02 Thread Pardeshi S.
look to me as a Striga species -Scrophulariaceae regards Satish Pardeshi On Sep 2, 8:28 pm, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. -- Forwarded message -- From: Devendra Bhardwaj devendra_bhard...@yahoo.com Date: 2009/8/9 Subject:

[indiantreepix:17479] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:16541] Diospyros sp from Forest House Tekkady

2009-09-02 Thread santhosh kumar es
Dear Sir, This is Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern (Syn: Leucoxylum buxifolium Blume; Diospyros microphylla Bedd.) commonly known as Elichevian (rat's ear) in Malayalam. Thanks Dr E S Santhosh Kumar 2009/9/2 J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. --

[indiantreepix:17480] Re: Grass with sticky flowers for Id- 020909Jm

2009-09-02 Thread J.M. Garg
Thanks, Nayan ji Rani ji. As per link of GRIN as provided by Nayan ji as per following link, * Setaria* *tomentosa* is syn. of *Setaria* *intermedia* http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33816 http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2taxon_id=200026271 (FOP)

[indiantreepix:17482] Re: Fw: [indiant reepix:17454] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Pardeshi S.
Hello all it is Cassia glauca Lamk., Encyclop. Meth. Bot. 1: 647, 1785; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 265, 1879; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 1: 453, 1958 (Repr.); Almeida, Fl. Mah. 2: 179, 1998. Synonyms: Senna sulphurea (DC. ex Collard) Irwin and Barneby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35(1): 78,

[indiantreepix:17483] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:15551] ID(ID-DKB151)

2009-09-02 Thread santhosh kumar es
This is Stachytarpheta X trimeni a Verbenaceae member. This is actually a hybrid species. You can see a detailed nomenclature of this taxon in Revised Flora of Ceylon. Regards Dr E S Santhosh Kumar 2009/9/2 J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. --

[indiantreepix:17484] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:15551] ID(ID-DKB151)

2009-09-02 Thread Joshi Pankaj
Dear Dr. Gargji, MayBouchea marrubifolia a member of Verbenaceae. This plant also reported from our area -Kachchh Arid Zone (Gujarat). Pankaj *** Pankaj N. Joshi (PhD) Jr. Scientist Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) Post Box # 83, Opp.

[indiantreepix:17485] Re: Fw: [indiantreep ix:17454] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ?

2009-09-02 Thread Dinesh Valke
Many thanks, Satish ji, for validating the ID and providing its specifics. Current accepted name would be *Senna surattensis* (as Tabish has already pointed earlier in this thread). How do we follow current accepted names in India ? Is there any body in India which regulates / maintains such

[indiantreepix:17486] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:16566] PKA230809-1 (Request for ID)

2009-09-02 Thread Joshi Pankaj
Dear Dr. Gargji, MayCurculigo orchioides a member of Hypoxidaceae. In Gajarta we have reported from Deciduous Forest (mainly Saurashtra and Dangs). Pankaj *** Pankaj N. Joshi (PhD) Jr. Scientist Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) Post Box

[indiantreepix:17487] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:15547] ID confirmation

2009-09-02 Thread Rajesh Sachdev
I photographed it at Matheran, near Mumbai. On 02/09/2009, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a reply from Pankaj ji: I have seen this plant and today i spent whole of my second half of the day in vain identifying the plant. This is not digitata gibsoni var. gibsoni (=foliosa)