Please check a previous thread on Spermadictyon suaveolens @ https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/dc79b1137b313110?hl=en
I think this is indeed a Rubiaceae species, though I am not sure about the species. My thoughts are based on opposite leaves, interpetiolar stipules and inferior ovary with persistent calyx. Regards, Giby On Aug 18, 5:32 pm, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “This plant looks very close to *Spermadictyon suaveolens* Syn. Hamiltonia > suaveolens > Thanks > -- > Dr. Nidhan Singh" > > "This may be a climber twining on a shrub. If the leaves are less than 5 cm > and flowers less than 1 cm then this can be *Jacquemontia paniculata* of > Convolvulaceae. Regards, Shrikant" > > "This looks like* Goldfussia pentastemonoides* of Family Acanthaceae > Regards > Ninad" > > "I am tending to agree that the plant in question is *not in > Convolvulaceae*as the leaves appear to be in opposite arrangement and > all plants in Convolvulaceae have alternate arrangement. > regards, > Ron" > > "This *cant be Goldfussia*! Pl follow this > link..http://mail.ssps.tpc.edu.tw/~yafen/flora/acanthaceae/goldfussia%20for... > Regards, > Ritesh." > > "I checked the link provided by you and later on searched a lot, but could > not reached to conclusion. > Well, I had seen this plant few times in field and identified, then, on the > basis of information available on Flowers of India > [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Goldfussia.html] > and this was Goldfussia for me till I saw link sent by you. However, after a > day search I felt, I was wrong, and yet writing email without reaching to > any conclusion level. Apologies for that. > mean while I came across one document [which may be of use, if not now, then > in future] and attached with the email. > Kind Regards > Ninad" > > "Thanks for forwarding me this useful literature. > Yes! I am also not convinced with S. penstemonoides > Even there is a little ambiguity in the name. (Ref: Fl. China). > Strobilanthes penstemonoides (Nees) T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 477. > 1867. > Goldfussia penstemonoides Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 88. 1832 > ["pentastemonoides"]; G. flexuosa Nees; Ruellia capitata Buchanan-Hamilton > ex D. Don. > Hope we'll get the correct identity soon. > Regards, > Ritesh. " > > "The specific epithet 'penstemonoides ' should be valid because it is > based on Ruellia penstemonoides from Wallich Catalog.. But not sure of > the id yet. > Pankaj" > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <ritesh....@gmail.com> > Date: 1 December 2010 07:15 > Subject: [efloraofindia:55485] ID plz_011110_RKC_01 > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > ID plz, > > Locality: Outskirts of Dehradun, Uttarakhand > > Habit: Shrub upto 2 m high. > > Habitat: Along roadsides > > Date: August 2010 > > Regards, > Ritesh. > > -- > 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 1680 members > & > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia > website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > of more than 5000 species) > > > > IMG_0184.JPG > 124KViewDownload > > IMG_0185.JPG > 234KViewDownload > > IMG_0186.JPG > 138KViewDownload > > IMG_0187.JPG > 129KViewDownload
