Dear All: I am a little baffled.... how can one be soooo sure of the species of an important medicinal plant... without either smell? of the crushed leaf? or a cross section of the leaf, or best: the flowers and seedpods...
Just two small pictures can help IDENTIFY a plant? To me these leaves could be from any of the flowering plants that can be started from a bulb... would love to learn . Thanks Usha Desai M.D.. On Mar 7, 5:00 pm, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes it is Acorus calamus > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:45 AM, prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > Dear all i agreed absolutely with Pankaj, this is Acorus calamus > > > Regards > > > Prasad > > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Dear Mr. Adil. > >> This is a very fragrant plant. Even while plucking a part of the plant > >> for picture, you must have felt the fragrance If it was fragrant then > >> it confirms it to be Acorus. Curves of leaves in young condition in > >> this taxa is not a big deal and then the swollen midrib also point > >> towards Acorus. > >> Pankaj > > >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > Also the aquatic habit goes in favour of Acorus. > > >> > -- > >> > 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 Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > > >> >> Yes Pankaj ji > >> >> It is possible, especially if it is bach (local name), the leaves are, > >> >> however, slightly curved and broader in above plant. > > >> >> -- > >> >> 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 Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > >> >> wrote: > > >> >>> With this photograph, I thought of Acorus calamus!! > >> >>> Pankaj > > >> >>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > Iris sp. Please wait for flowers to come in May onwards. They would > >> be > >> >>> > really beautiful. > > >> >>> > -- > >> >>> > 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 Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:29 AM, aadil meher < > >> aadilsharif...@gmail.com> > >> >>> > wrote: > > >> >>> >> Local name bach grows in aquatic conditions > > >> >>> -- > >> >>> *********************************************** > >> >>> "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 > > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > > > -- > > Prasad Kumar Dash > > Ecologist, Orissa, India > > email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com > > ph. 09437444241 > > -- > Dr. Amit Chauhan > Junior Technical Assistant > Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand > 263149 > ph.05944 234445 > mob.+919412161087 > mail: amitci...@gmail.com > amitci...@rediffmail.com > amit.chau...@cimap.res.in
