[efloraofindia:77686] Re: VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 39

Respected Ushadiji, You have added so much to my knowledge of this beautiful delicate flower Parijatak. Some call it Prajakta some Parijatak What is the real name out of the two? And yes the fragrance of this flower is just divine. I have another wonderful memory associated with this tree. Every y

Re: [efloraofindia:77683] Some photographs from Bellary , Karnataka

Hello sir, Can we have the botanical names and the common names of these plants please. On 8/20/11, Dr. Shiddamallayya Mathapati wrote: > Few photographs of Medico Botanical survey tour .. > > -- > Dr. Shiddamallayya N, > Survey of Medicinal Plant Unit > National Ayurveda Dietetics Research I

Re: [efloraofindia:77681] Re: ID of passiflora species!

Sheetal try the access on J store. Madam Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Ushadi micromini Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:30:01 To: efloraofindia Cc: J. M. Garg; Gurcharan Singh Subject: [efloraofindia:77669] Re: ID of passiflora

Re: [efloraofindia:77679] Re: Scoparia dulcis

Nice catch...!!! On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:47 AM, hari lal wrote: > very nice sir it has very medicinal use > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > wrote: > >> Nice thanks for sharing. Its good to know that you have kept track >> of previous conversations on this plant too

[efloraofindia:77678] BUTTERFLY GINGER LILY-200811MN

Dear friends, Sending photos of Butterfly Ginger lily growing in our garden. It has a nice fragrance. Botanical name : Hedychium coronarium Common name : Butterfly ginger lily Place : Dombivli, Thane Dt. Date : 19.8.2011 Regards, Mani. <>

[efloraofindia:77675] Re: VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 39

Dear Bimalda and ALL : including Pankaj Kumar and Mr. Bhatt ji: Re: the first two pictures, that is Parijat... There are many regional mish mash... like Adansonia being mistakenly called Parijat... Since ADANSONIA was most likely introduced in India in the last millenium/ centuries into th

Re: [efloraofindia:77674] Re: VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 39

Thanks Madhuriji and Naliniji for appreciating the story. And yes I am surprised how it never struck me to use Parijatak seeds as Paisa in childhood for this game which I too played. These seeds do look like paisas. Regards Bhagyashri On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Geeta wrote: > I believe Ada

Re: [efloraofindia:77671] Chamba Heights id al190811

You're absolutely right sir, It would be difficult to identify with the meager info that I had given... but given the circumstances of this journey I was hard placed to start gathering the detailed info about the plethora of flowers I was seeing (barely managed to photograph them)... Let it just re

[efloraofindia:77669] Re: ID of passiflora species!

Not native to India...AND NEWLY OPENED FLOWER LOOKS VERY PRETTY LIKE ANY GARDEN variety PASSIFLORA species... http://www.plantoftheweek.org/image/passifloraf.jpg Now naturalized in most tropical areas... is on a noxious weed list: http://www.invasivespecies.net/database/species/ecology.asp?si

Re: [efloraofindia:77667] Chamba Heights id al190811

Alok ji Minimum we expect is to know the diam of heads and length of leaves, also in place of just three photographs of habit, it would be useful if you upload one habit, pne close up of head from top and one close up from side. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa Col

Re: [efloraofindia:77666] Re: Chamba High.. al170811a

Yes Alok ji You may be right about your this plant being S. jacquemontianus. Your first plant has to be explored further. . -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25

[efloraofindia:77665] Re: VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 39

I believe Adansonia is not native to India--when might it have been introduced, I wonder? On Aug 20, 12:15 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > Many consider Adansonia digitata as Parijat tree. But this was a nice > story. thanks for sharing. > Pankaj > > On Aug 19, 8:13 pm, Na Bha wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: [efloraofindia:77664] Re: Chamba heights al190811a ... id please..

It is clearly Aster, but to identify the species we should have some details. Diameter of head/flower is the minimum we expect to do that. Alok ji I would again request you to kindly provide information as per the prescribed format in your future mails. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate

[efloraofindia:77663] Re: Oroxylum indicum [Tetu] flowering 2

loved it usha di On Aug 19, 10:46 pm, Neil Soares wrote: > Hi, >  Photographed at my farm at Shahapur last weekend. >     Regards, > Neil Soares. > >  1 - Daytime 14th Aug 11.jpg > 83KViewDownload > >  2 -14th Aug 11 at 8 pm.jpg > 31KViewDown

[efloraofindia:77661] Re: ID please

This is Tacca leontopetaloides (-718) buds and fruit (-720) - I think both are same species. Uploading my images of the leaf on a separate thread. Will stand corrected if wrong. Regrds, Samir On Aug 17, 9:52 pm, Balkar Arya wrote: > Yes Tanay Fruit of Arisaema dracontium also looks close to

Re: [efloraofindia:77660] Re: ID of passiflora species!

Yes P foetida On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > Yes this is Passiflora foetida. > Pankaj > > On Aug 19, 10:11 pm, Vijayasankar wrote: > > Looks like *Passiflora foetida*. > > > > Regards > > > > Vijayasankar Raman > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > Uni

[efloraofindia:77659] Re: ID request 19082011mc01

Hello I second Mohanji's thoughts.the leaves and the inflorescence of the plant in picture and those of A. fraxinifolius available on the net are quite different. On Aug 19, 10:56 pm, Dinesh Valke wrote: > ... my doubts are similar. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:08 PM, M

[efloraofindia:77658] Re: Fwd: ID request- 170811-PKA1

Hello, Mucuna pruriens always has dark purple calyx whereas the calyx seen in the picture are green. Another reason why the plant is not M. pruriens On Aug 19, 12:22 am, Smilax004 wrote: > The standard petals and the floral arrangement don't support for M. > pruruens as well. > > http://www.flow

[efloraofindia:77657] Re: VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 39

Many consider Adansonia digitata as Parijat tree. But this was a nice story. thanks for sharing. Pankaj On Aug 19, 8:13 pm, Na Bha wrote: > Yes I too remember paying with Paisa of Parijatak. Madhurijis story > reminds me of it. > Nalini > > Am 19.08.2011 16:09, schrieb Madhuri Pejaver: > > > > >

[efloraofindia:77656] Re: ID of passiflora species!

Yes this is Passiflora foetida. Pankaj On Aug 19, 10:11 pm, Vijayasankar wrote: > Looks like *Passiflora foetida*. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:51 AM, ravi g wrote: > > I

Re: [efloraofindia:77655] ID request 19082011mc01

... my doubts are similar. Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Mohan V. Chunkath < mohan.chunk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dinesh ji, Tanay Ji and Ajinkya ji, > I compared the web photos of A. Fraxinifolius (pink cedar) with my photo. > The leaves and leaf venation look quite diffe

Re: [efloraofindia:77653] ID request 19082011mc01

Dear Dinesh ji, Tanay Ji and Ajinkya ji, I compared the web photos of A. Fraxinifolius (pink cedar) with my photo. The leaves and leaf venation look quite different. The inflorescence also seems much longer. Will await more info. Thanks. Mohan

Re: [efloraofindia:77651] ID of passiflora species!

Looks like *Passiflora foetida*. Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:51 AM, ravi g wrote: > I require your help in identification of this Passiflora species. I had > photographed it in Bangalore growing

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77650] 14042011PJ1- ID request

Absolutely right Nabha ji... otherwise it is just the shot in dark... :) regards Alok On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 18:31 +0200, Na Bha wrote: > Need to see the underside > > Am 19.08.2011 09:51, schrieb Alok Mahendroo: > > Hypholoma fasciculare > > Alok > > > > On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 11:32 +0530, J.M. Gar

Re: [efloraofindia:77648] For Id 101110

Thanks for showing its natural habitat which was lacking in my pictures. On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Neha Singh wrote: > Thank you all. For identification and to Dr Phadke for such clear and > beautiful photos. > I have only one more pic of " Cullen corylifolia", which is not much > clear

[efloraofindia:77647] Re: Chamba heights al190811a ... id please..

Just guessing Aster amellus 'King George' Pudji Widodo

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77646] 14042011PJ1- ID request

Need to see the underside Am 19.08.2011 09:51, schrieb Alok Mahendroo: Hypholoma fasciculare Alok On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 11:32 +0530, J.M. Garg wrote: Forwarding again for Id assistance please. -- Forwarded message -- From: PUTTARAJU K Date: 14 April 2011 21:56 Subject: [efl

Re: [efloraofindia:77644] Re: Flora of Panipat: Ipomoea from arya PG College campus Panipat and Roadside area Assandh Road panipat

May be as per eflora.org Key features of I purpurea is as follows Plants short pubescent mixed with longer retrorse hirsute hairs; stamens unequal, longest stamens reaching middle of corolla tube, filaments pubescent basally; ovary 3-loculed; stigma 3-lobed i will try to check these features within

Re: [efloraofindia:77642] VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 39

Yes I too remember paying with Paisa of Parijatak. Madhurijis story reminds me of it. Nalini Am 19.08.2011 16:09, schrieb Madhuri Pejaver: Dear Bhagashri ji Nice story telling. We have added you in the group anyway. Even I remembered the story first time when i saw the photo. Now I will like t

Re: [efloraofindia:77640] Re: Chamba High.. al170811a

Yes Alok ji It is a species of Senecio for sure. Even a few species now placed under Jacobaea (incl. J. raphanifolia) were formerly placed under Senecio. The above plant from head size and leaves may perhaps be Senecio jacquemontianus, but this needs to be confirmed. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retire

Re: [efloraofindia:77639] Names of Plants in India :: Iphigenia indica

Vow ! MIINNNG!! On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Tanay Bose wrote: > FABULOUS PHOTOGRAPHY !! > Tanay > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Dinesh Valke wrote: > >> via Species‎ >> >

Re: [efloraofindia:77638] VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE 39

Dear Bhagashri ji Nice story telling. We have added you in the group anyway. Even I remembered the story first time when i saw the photo. Now I will like to add the child play related to parijataka. When we were kids we use to play the game of grocery shop. Here we use to sale many things in which

Re: [efloraofindia:77637] elaeocarpus sphaericus

Nice Mohini Ji ... congrat!! you now own two awesome plants Tanay On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Mohina Macker wrote: > seedlings of elaecarpus sphaericus or rudraksha > they are about seven to eight weeks old. > > i got the seeds from a forest nursery in north bengal last year in november > an

Re: [efloraofindia:77636] ID request 19082011mc01

I think Dinesh Ji you are correct this plant surely looks like Pink Ceder Tanay On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:14 AM, Dinesh Valke wrote: > ... most possibly species of *Acrocarpus* ... could be *A. fraxinifolius*, > not sure. > Please wait for comment(s). > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 1

Re: [efloraofindia:77635] Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. ... synonym of Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.

Dear Rajesh ... the basic details are put in the first post of this thread ... it is: "Photographed at Tung fort, 3060 ft asl, 31 JUL 11". Yet, for more information, a click on the photo takes you to the photopage at my flickr ... geo-coordinates can be got from the map in the right column. Regard

Re: [efloraofindia:77634] Is this Solanum diphyllum

Yes Neha ji you are correct Tanay On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Yes Neha ji > > -- > 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

Re: [efloraofindia:77633] efloraofindia:''For Id 19082011MR1’’ Mushroom at Pune

I think this is *Coprinus fimetarius* Tanay On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Madhuri Raut wrote: > Respected members, > Kindly identify this blue coloured mushroom at Pune Maharashtra. Never seen > one like this before > > > Date/Time- mid july 2011 > > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune >

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77632] 011210GS1 a grass for ID from Delhi

I'm totally confirmed that this is Brachiaria sp. but can't say its species without dissection. -NIRBHAY AMBASTA On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:14:34 +0530 wrote >Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback: ýCould this plant be Allotropsis cimicina as uplo

Re: [efloraofindia:77630] Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. ... synonym of Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.

Dinesh, in quest of this ceropegia species, where you got iti mean location, if u can share pls! On 19 August 2011 18:44, Dinesh Valke wrote: > via Species‎ > > ‎C

[efloraofindia:77629] Re: ID Request 19082011mc02

Would you please post more picture (if available) showing the habit of the plant in which the leaves are clearly visible. If you can add information regarding the plants that would be of great help for easy identification. Further, if you can follow format of our group to post pictures for id, thin

Re: [efloraofindia:77627] Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. ... synonym of Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.

via Species ‎ > ‎C ‎ > ‎ Ceropegia lawii [image: Ceropegia lawii Hook. f.] [image: Flowers of India]

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77627] Flora of Andaman12-010111-PKA1

I too think that this is Pothos scandens of Araceae family. Regards, Giby On Aug 19, 10:53 am, "J.M. Garg" wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “This is some Pothos, *may be Pothos scandens*, family Araceae. > Pankaj” > > “*Po

Re: [efloraofindia:77626] Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. ... synonym of Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.

... this thread has become informative and ironically messy ... please bear with my learning of Ceropegia. Putting the corrected contents in the following post. Regards. Dinesh. On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Dinesh Valke wrote: > Sid ji ... many thanks for link to your doc. *C. lawii* and *C.

Re: [efloraofindia:77625] Re: Chamba High.. al170811a

Sir, You know much more than anyone I know.. about this.. but then what could it be... and is it Senecio sp. in the first place.. or I am deluded regards Alok On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 17:19 +0530, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Alok ji > This species is not reported from Western Himalayas. > > > >

Re: [efloraofindia:77624] Re: 01/08/2011/YRP/01/Naoroz Estate, Chethalayam, Sultan Bathery, Wayanad.

This is a different variety. In this specimen, the flowers are lax as seen in the first picture and as Manu identified, it is *Gomphostemma heyneanum * var. *rottleri *and the one that were uploaded by Yazdi Ji and myself is *Gomphostemma heyneanum *var. *heyneanum. *But as far as I know this varie

Re: [efloraofindia:77618] Id pl

Thanks a lot friends-Tanay and Indrjeet. On 19 August 2011 10:29, Tanay Bose wrote: > This Cyathus commonly known as Bird's nest Fungi from Basidiomycetes. > Ushaprabha Ji I will recommend reading the article form > Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathus > it will clearly tell you what those b

Re: [efloraofindia:77614] Re: Chamba High.. al170811a

Alok ji This species is not reported from Western Himalayas. -- 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 Th

[efloraofindia:77614] Re: Request for Identification 29072011MC2

Dear Dr. Pankaj Kumar, Thanks for confirming the ID. Regards, Mohan

Re: [efloraofindia:77612] ID request 19082011mc01

... most possibly species of *Acrocarpus* ... could be *A. fraxinifolius*, not sure. Please wait for comment(s). Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Mohan V. Chunkath wrote: > Dear all, > Is this Erythrina indica? Thanks. > > Locality: Yercaud, Tamil Nadu > Altitude: 4900 feet >

Re: [efloraofindia:77610] Is this Solanum diphyllum

Yes Neha ji -- 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 Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Neha Singh wrote: >

Re: [efloraofindia:77608] Re: Carrots from my minigarden in Ritterhude

Thanks Usha di, i am also growing Potatos in a mediumsized pot using the method of vertical cultivation. This requirs less room. Tis Idea i also bowwowed from Prinzessinnengarten. Here you will find in english more info: http://www.gardeningdata.co.uk/vegetables/potatoes/potatoes_in

Re: [efloraofindia:77605] Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. ... synonym of Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.

Sid ji ... many thanks for link to your doc. *C. lawii* and *C. sahyadrica *do look different to some (great) extent in terms of their inflorescence ... thus convinced that plant in my photo in this thread is indeed *C. lawii*. Will make change in my notes shortly, and put up corrected contents in

Re: [efloraofindia:77604] Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. ... synonym of Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.

Oh ... so many thanks Sid ji for validating this ID. To me. these two species: *C. lawii* and *C. sahyadrica* seem confusingly close to each other with respect to their appearance in general. Is there any "easy on eye" key to differentiate these two ? Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:2

Re: [efloraofindia:77601] Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. ... synonym of Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.

Dinesh ji, Here's the link to download my paper as Pankaj as requested. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B92UFdK4C8tKNzc1YWQ0MTktMWIwYi00YzhkLTkxMTMtMWMyNWM4NjUzMTU4&hl=en_GB Your specimen looks like C. lawii to me. Yes, there is no clear definition of group her

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77600] 14042011PJ1- ID request

Hypholoma fasciculare Alok On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 11:32 +0530, J.M. Garg wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: PUTTARAJU K > Date: 14 April 2011 21:56 > Subject: [efloraofindia:67175] 14042011PJ1- ID request > To: indian