Thanks a lot Muthu ji for the clue!
A few days back Vijayshankarji had also suggested me to look for
Tragia.
Today I checked it on the New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium
(http://sweetgum.nybg.org/vh/specimen.php?irn=89808), in Illustrated
flora of Vietnam and in Flora of China.
I think
This is Dendrobium, but in this condition its hard to id. If I had to
give one guess then on the basis of drooping stem and small fruit (the
one small thing hanging from one stem, if it is a fruit) this should
be Dendrobium aphyllum (earlier known as Dendrobium macrostachyum)
which has green
All of you were right all along. The plant posted by Muthu and me is
Tarenna asiatica. I got misled by the fact that its only known to
occur along margins of shola forest. However its not true, its very
common in dry forests of low elevations as well. The shola forest one
is a different variety
Dear All,
We need an botanist to carry out a floral biodiversity survey in Guna
district of MP if any one is intrested please call on 09890087988.
The survey needs to be carried out at the earliest.
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Website: http://www.natureforever.org
Dear Navenduji,
The plant posted by you might be a variety called *Tarenna asiatica* (L.)
Kuntze ex K. Schum. var. *montana* (Thw.) Raju
Found only in Evergreen forests of high altitudes.
Also this might be possible: *Tarenna asiatica* (L.) Kuntze ex K. Schum.
var. *asiatica* forma *rigida*
Few days back some one had asked me for few references on Indian
flora. Dr. Balkar and Hemant Tripathi had send me a request for the
same. I would be sending the dvds to both soon. Any one else who is in
need should send your postal address to me on
pankajsah...@rediffmail.com.
References
Hi, Pankaj ji,
I appreciate your efforts in this regard.
On 9 September 2010 14:23, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote:
Few days back some one had asked me for few references on Indian
flora. Dr. Balkar and Hemant Tripathi had send me a request for the
same. I would be sending the dvds
Hi all,
I am doing a short piece on the Allamanda (for the Hindu) which is grown
profusely in Bangalore. Any members from Bangalore, who have a vine gowing,
please send me your experience with growing the plant. Just two lines is
what I request for, your name and area in Bangalore.
Many, many
No the one posted by me is not from the montane forests but from Banergatta
National Park. Its Tarenna asiatica proper. T.asiatica var montana seems to
have larger flowers
navendu
On 9 September 2010 14:22, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Navenduji,
The plant posted by you might
Affirmative Arjun. It is the Elephant Apple tree [Dillenia indica]. Native to
N-E India, it must have been planted here.
With regards,
Neil Soares.
--- On Thu, 9/9/10, arjun dobighazam...@gmail.com wrote:
From: arjun dobighazam...@gmail.com
Subject:
Agree with Dr.Giby. Hadn't looked at the fourth photograph. They are the pods
of W.arborea. The first three photographs are of W.tinctoria.
Regards,
Neil Soares.
--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Smilax004 giby.kuriak...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Smilax004
Sorry for the error,
It should be Limnophila.
I agree withn you.
Limnophila indica leaf blades have 3-7 parallel nerves which is not
claer in the present specimen.
Thanking you,
-Divakar
On Sep 9, 10:36 am, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote:
Divakar ji
It is Limnophila (not
HmBennargatta NP. Surely it is T.asiatica only... it may
extant up to 1300m altitude mostly in gaps and edges.
If you id Rubiaceae plants without mature fruits it may mislead you
quite a distance. Mostly people avoid characters of fruits from the
key..and look in to flower and leaf
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:13:57 -0700
From: subk...@yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: FW: LATEST CANCER INFOPLS PASS ON
To: landdes...@hotmail.com; bvenkate...@shaw.ca; ijab...@hotmail.com
CC: gigigau...@gmail.com; 123s...@gmail.com; nv...@telus.net
--- On Wed, 9/8/10, jasbir bhasin
I completely agree with my friend Pankaj.
it is most probably D. aphyllum.
My points are
1. druping long branches.
2. Small fruit from the node of the stem (not from an inflorescence)
Dear Ekambaram, Please keep an eye on it (same individual) by next
June-July you will get the flowers post it we
'Is this natural or planted/cultivated?'
saw this on a trail in the park, looked wild to me.
Regards,
Dr. S. Mehta
On Sep 6, 2:12 pm, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote:
Is this natural or planted/cultivated?
Dr Phadke
On 5 September 2010 19:57, Samir Mehta samirmeht...@gmail.com
Dear Arjun, the pic is too big yet out of focus. If you can load a
close up of a few leafs and also give the size, the ID can be
accurate. I guess this to be D. pentagyna, a native to the area given
by you. Regards, Shrikant
On Sep 9, 1:21 pm, arjun dobighazam...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Friends,
Dear Sir
I also search this plant in E flora of china it shows same result.
Here are some details from eflora of China
Pachystylidium hirsutum (Blume) Pax K. Hoffmann in Engler,
Pflanzenr. 68(IV. 147. IX-XI): 108. 1919.
Tragia hirsuta Blume, Bijdr. 630. 1826; T. delpyana Gagnepain.
Dear Gibs,
I have pic of flowering plants from your study area taken by Mr.
V.R.Singh, and they are greenish yellow. Where as plants from my study
area are non yellowish but more like pale green with a very light tint
of blue.
Such variations may occur, not a big deal.
Regards
Pankaj
On
A reply from Mahadeswara ji:
Looks like Desmos praecox only. Change in Blooming period may be due to
change in climatic conditions.
On 4 September 2010 15:51, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote:
Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.
Earlier relevant feedback:
“Padmini jee
Friends
This flower picture I took, near Attappadi, Kerala
Date/Time- -- May 15, 2010 8.54 a.m.
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-- Attappadi
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-
Height/Length- - 1.5 me, from
Physic nut (Jatropha curcas) seeds are violently purgative. All parts of the
plant are poisonous.
See the link:
http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com/2008/12/some-poisonous-plants-of-india.html
http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com/2008/12/some-poisonous-plants-of-india.html
ak
~~~
On Mon,
I am attaching link for photo with flower
http://zanaf.dyndns.biz/Dendrobium/Den_aphyllum.htm
Tanay
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Gibs,
I have pic of flowering plants from your study area taken by Mr.
V.R.Singh, and they are greenish yellow.
Unfortunately the link doesnt have correct plant in it. That is
Dendrobium cucullatum.
Regards
Pankaj
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
I am attaching link for photo with flower
http://zanaf.dyndns.biz/Dendrobium/Den_aphyllum.htm
Tanay
On Thu, Sep 9,
I thought I had identified this earlier as Cymbidium iridioides.
Regards
Pankaj
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:12 PM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote:
Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
Some earlier relevant feedback:
“Probably some Cymbidium hybrid
- Tabish”
“This
I think you are correct, the plant is indeed
*Peristylus goodyeroides* (D. Don) Lindl.
Tanay
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM, shobha chavda koa...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear All,
Posting a photo for Id of flower.Sorry for the quality as it was very foggy
atmosphere while clicking the photo
I think both of the above are absolutely wrong indeed.
Can anyone think of a Chlorophytum with long inflorescence in
Maharastra? Those yellow things near the mouth of buds seems to me
like anthers. So this cant be an Orchid at all. Even leaves doesnt
point towards any of the Peristylus known to
Dear Ritesh,
Can you check if this is some Polygonum?
Regards
Pankaj
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote:
I think both of the above are absolutely wrong indeed.
Can anyone think of a Chlorophytum with long inflorescence in
Maharastra? Those yellow things
This would be Chlorophytum glaucum or C. glaucoides. More likely to be
the latter looking at the tip of raceme. Regards, Shrikant
On Sep 9, 6:48 pm, shobha chavda koa...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear All,
Posting a photo for Id of flower.Sorry for the quality as it was very foggy
atmosphere while
Thanks a lot Shrikant sir. Does your book has any picture of this?
Regards
Pankaj
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any one else
Pankaj
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:49 PM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote:
Forwarding pl.
-- Forwarded message --
From: promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com
Date: 9 September 2010 17:44
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:46967] references
To: J.M.
Thanks Tanay...
have a nice time.
Shantanu :)
On Sep 9, 2:18 am, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice catch of the lovely plant quite favorite of many butterflies
Tanay
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Shantanu Bhattacharya
shnt...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi
taken these close up
... me too believe it to be species of *Eriocaulon*.
Regards.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote:
Resurfacing again for ID
Earlier feedback
Ritesh ji
Tanay...Eriocaulon sp.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Okay...thanks for the correct ID of the flower...
but the yellow Delonix and Caesalpinia look very similarisnt it??
Shantanu : )
On Sep 9, 2:12 am, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima for me too
Tanay
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Gurcharan Singh
Thanks Ken, Could this be Koelreuteria bipinnata?
I guess I have come close to the correct id for this plant now. Can't wait
to see it flower and fruit.
:-)
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Kenneth Greby fstf...@yahoo.com wrote:
Not Swietenia due to bipinnate foliage. Not sure what this tree
Dear Pankaj Ji Thanks in advance
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Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Rakesh--
It could be Koelreuteria bipinnata or K. elegans (also bipinnate). Having
flowers would certainly help here. Perhaps it will still bloom this year?
Regards--
Ken.
From: Rakesh Biswas rakesh7bis...@gmail.com
To: Kenneth Greby fstf...@yahoo.com
Cc:
May Be Barleria prattensis
--
Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Eriocaulon aquaticum by any chance?
Pankaj
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com wrote:
... me too believe it to be species of Eriocaulon.
Regards.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote:
Resurfacing again for ID
Earlier
... commonly known as: golden shower tree, Indian laburnum • Bengali:
বাঁদরলাঠি bandaralathi, সোনালী sonali • Gujarati: ગરમાળો garmalo • Hindi:
अमलतास amaltas, स्वर्णपुष्पी swarn-pushpi • Konkani: बलो balo • Malayalam:
കണിക്കൊന്ന kanikkonna • Manipuri: চহুঈ chahui • Marathi: बहावा bahava •
Mizo:
Yes Ritesh ji, i think you got the correct id. We collected this species
from Khurda / Khordha district in Orissa and got it identified by using
Flora of Orissa by Saxena Brahmam.
Thanks for the efforts.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Pravir prav...@gmail.com
... commonly known as double (red) hibiscus ... possibly the cultivar:
'Celia, Double Red' of *Hibiscus rosa-sinensis*,
Regards.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:20 AM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Indeed a cultivar of Hibiscus rosasinensis we call it Pancha Mukhi Jaba
in Bengali
... my belief: *Cynoglossum zeylanicum*.
Regards.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote:
Resurfacing again for ID
Earlier feedback
Neil ji.This
is the Common Hill Borage [Adelocaryum
Thanks for sharing your experiences with garden plants
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya shnt...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi
sharing few snaps of the pink variety of Allamanda cathartica taken in
my locality last Sunday.
These showy flowers really add beauty to the
Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter pl.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com
Date: 19 July 2010 22:28
Subject: [efloraofindia:41775] Etymology of generic names: Arivela and
Tarenaya
To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
Dear
Splendid
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya shnt...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi
sharing few snaps of the pink variety of Allamanda cathartica taken in
my locality last Sunday.
These showy flowers really add beauty to the garden and house.
regards
Shantanu : )
I thought this one should be A. blanchetii (syn: A. violacea).
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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
I thought this one should be A. blanchetii (syn: A. violacea).
--
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
Same A. blanchetii (syn: A. violacea), I thought.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Splendid
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya
shnt...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi
sharing few snaps of the pink variety of Allamanda cathartica
In Hortus Malabaricus Cleome viscosa is named as ARIA-VEELA I
assume the name Arivela is derived from that.
Regards
Pankaj
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:41 AM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote:
Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter pl.
-- Forwarded message --
Right Vijayji,
It seems that the plant is rarely distributed in Orissa (http://
www.vasundharaorissa.org/Research%20Reports/Threat_Status%20of%20Plants%20of%20Conservation.pdf).
In Arunachal too, I've seen the plant only in this particular area.
Sending another link to confirm the identity from
Shantanu ji, nice photo.
Mani.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote:
Same A. blanchetii (syn: A. violacea), I thought.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Splendid
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Shantanu
Thanks Vijayasankar ji for showing more collection of Herbaceous Phyllanthus
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
Many many thanks Pankaj ... will find about this Malabari name. ARIA-VEELA.
Regards.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote:
In Hortus Malabaricus Cleome viscosa is named as ARIA-VEELA I
assume the name Arivela is derived from that.
Regards
Pankaj
Soumya ji, this is *Corchorus aestuans* ... commonly known as: East Indian
mallow, jute, West African mallow • Kannada: ಚುಮ್ಚು ಗಿಡ chunchu gida •
Sanskrit: चुञ्चु chunchuh • Telugu: kajati, kalasa, నేల బెర nela bera, పట్ట
patta
Please post the local name, if you get to know.
Regards.
On
Yes quite common in Sikkim also
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Osbeckia chinensis *from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
--
*Tanay Bose*
Research Assistant Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
The leaves of this plant is bright red when young
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Phoebe lanceolata* from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
--
*Tanay Bose*
Research Assistant Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of
A new species of Phyllanthus for me
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Phyllanthus kozhikodianus *from Manipur. Soft herbs; characterized by
broadly elliptic glaucous leaves and broadly scarious-margined tepals.
With regards
Vijayasankar
This plant has high medical properties
Known to cure, jaundice, diabetes and inhibits HIV-1 virus
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Phyllanthus urinaria*. Green and purple-tinged forms.
With regards
Vijayasankar
--
*Tanay Bose*
Research
The link below provides some more close-ups of the plant
http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Physalis_angulata_page.html
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Physalis angulata *from Manipur. Hope Gurcharan ji agrees with the id!
With regards
Pl quote the source reference too, so that it will be an useful info to all.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:26 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
This plant has high medical properties
Known to cure, jaundice, diabetes and inhibits HIV-1 virus
tanay
On
I think this property makes it an important medicinal plant
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Polygala persicaraefolia*, from Manipur.
Roots of almost all species of Polygala emit a characteristic smell (like
Iodex balm) when crushed, due to
Hopefully this was priviously known as Phyllanthus simplex
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Vijayasankar ji for showing more collection of Herbaceous
Phyllanthus species.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa
*Corchorus aestuans* Linn
Synonym
*Corchorus* *acutangulus* auct. non Forsk. (1775); Lam.
*Corchorus* *fuscus* Roxb.
*Corchorus* *oppositiflorus* Hassk
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.comwrote:
Soumya ji, this is *Corchorus aestuans* ...
Lovely catch of the very common Polygonum, I have a herbarium speciemen with
me in India
I callected the plant from Sikkim
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Polygonum molle *from Manipur. Pl note the infra-specific variation in
flower colour.
Its looks like a Cinnamomum sp.
Pravir Deshmukh
Vijaya ji kindly check , this plant new to me hence when I went for a google
search it did not gave me any result
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Polygonum posumbi *from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
--
*Tanay Bose*
Research
This plant reminds me of a incident from my Bachelor classes where one
fellow identified it *Leucas aspera*
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Pouzolzia frondosa *from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
--
*Tanay Bose*
Research Assistant
The synonym is already mentioned, Tanay ji.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Hopefully this was priviously known as Phyllanthus simplex
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote:
Lovely catch of the Campanulaceae member
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Pratia nummularia*, a good-looking prostrate herb, from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
--
*Tanay Bose*
Research Assistant Teaching Assistant.
Department of
Lovely catch of the plant
thanks for the lovely collection of medicinal plants
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
*Pueraria lobata *from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
--
*Tanay Bose*
Research Assistant Teaching Assistant.
Department
Tanayji,
There is a typo error. Pl check for Polygonum posumbu.
Regards,
Ritesh.
On Sep 10, 1:40 pm, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Vijaya ji kindly check , this plant new to me hence when I went for a google
search it did not gave me any result
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:30
Thanks I am sorry
I missed it
tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.comwrote:
The synonym is already mentioned, Tanay ji.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.comwrote:
Hopefully this was
Thanks Ritesh ji and Tanay ji for the correction.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Ritesh Choudhary ritesh@gmail.comwrote:
Tanayji,
There is a typo error. Pl check for Polygonum posumbu.
Regards,
Ritesh.
On Sep 10, 1:40 pm, tanay bose
Ethnic people of Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh take the
root extract to dissolve Kidney stones.
Regards,
Ritesh.
On Sep 10, 1:44 pm, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Lovely catch of the Campanulaceae member
Tanay
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Vijayasankar
Alok ji, this is the bulbil, meant for vegetative propagation, found in
certain species of Dioscorea, Amorphophallus etc. these bulbils
germinate under favorable condition to give rise new plantlets asexually.
Your plant is Dioscorea alata, i think.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Thu, Sep 9,
Thanks Ritesh ji, for the useful info.
I wanted know if the fruits are edible. It was tempting to see them in the
field.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Ritesh Choudhary ritesh@gmail.comwrote:
Ethnic people of Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh take the
looks like yam.
Mani.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Alok Goyal alok12...@gmail.com wrote:
Hallo all
what is this rounded structure with primordial roots (i suppose) on
which is this plant.
The plant is a twiner with heart shaped leaves. plant is covering the fence
of my house at
Vijayji,
I suppose this to be as P. orientale. Ochrea with leaf like wing is an
identifying character clearly visible in your first foto. The sps. is
very common in Assam and Arunachal also.
What do u say??
Regards,
Ritesh.
On Sep 10, 1:37 pm, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote:
Lovely
Shantanu ji, please comment whether this plant is indeed *A. cathartica*.
Me too just as Gurcharan ji, believe this plant to be the violet allamanda,
*A. blanchetii* (syn: *A. violacea*).
Not sure if the horticulturists have now brought up *A.
cathartica*mimicking colour of
*A. blanchetii*
Thanks Tanay ji. This is one example (of hundreds of sites) which cautions
us that we should not simply 'take it for granted' without verification. In
the link provided by you, under the Plant name Phyllanthus urinaria, they
have included 3 different species (P. amarus, P. niruri, P. debilis) as
Dear Vijaysankar,
I am not able to convince myself that this is Polygonum molle, from
the overall appearance. Also, the leaves of P. molle have wedge-
shaped (cuneate) base, whereas the base of the leaves of your plants
are flat to heart-shaped.
Am not able to give much suggestion.
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Thanks, Geeta ji,
I hope you had a wonderful trip to the valley of flowers.
Mine was really good with wonderful capture of around 150 species of
flowers, 60 species of birds, around 25 species of fungi, around 25 species
of butterflies etc. alongwith wonderful landscapes.
I have to manage a lot of
Now correctly placed as Persicaria posumbo (Buch.-Ham.ex D. Don) H. Gross
(syn: Polygonum posumbo Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; P. cespitosum Blume;
Persicaria cespitosum (Blume) Hara).
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932
Very interesting species, with unique leaves. But could not find any
description for it. efloras.org does not report it.
- Tabish
On Sep 10, 9:02 am, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.com wrote:
*Pouzolzia frondosa *from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
pouzolzia frondosa_2.JPG
Ooops!!
Sorry to correct the 'typo' error once again!
Its Persicaria posumbu
Best regards,
Ritesh.
On Sep 10, 2:27 pm, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote:
Now correctly placed as Persicaria posumbo (Buch.-Ham.ex D. Don) H. Gross
(syn: Polygonum posumbo Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; P.
Membranous appendages may represent wings, plus opposite leaves may suggest
D. alata, which I had upploaded from Delhi sometimes back, though I have
never seen such bulbils.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand
Persicaria posumbu flowers are supposed to be short-stalked, but the
flowers in your picture are on long slender stalks.
- Tabish
On Sep 10, 9:00 am, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.com wrote:
*Polygonum posumbi *from Manipur.
With regards
Vijayasankar
polygonum posumbi_1.JPG
Thanks Tabish ji Ritesh ji for pointing out the blunder. I was careless in
idying this i think. Agree with Ritesh ji's id.
With regards
Vijayasankar
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Tabish tabi...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Vijaysankar,
I am not able to convince myself that this is Polygonum
Now better placed as Aconogonum molle (D. Don) H. Hara (syn: Polygonum molle
D. Don).
--
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
Thanks Ritesh ji for pointing out error in my writing posumbo for posumbu in
both Polygonum and Persicaria
Perhaps point raised by Tabish ji needs checking.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas
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