Thank you very much Sir for the correct ID. Regards,
surajit On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Karayil Velayudhan <[email protected]>wrote: > > Sir, The posted pictures are of *Colocasia esculenta* (L.) Schott var.* > aquatilis* Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. 150 (1848) distributed in tropical Asia > as very common wild plant in moist localities. Characterised by stolons, > sterile appendix shorter and inflorescence scented. > ary 18, 2013 11:34:37 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> This is the most common wild variety KOCHU, found everywhere - roadside, >> waste-places and on the margin of ditches. >> ID key in >> FoC<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107697#KEY-1-4>- >> (i) Leaf blade adaxially matte...... (water sometimes forming "mercury >> droplets") ------- *C.esculenta* (L.) Schott >> (ii) Leaf blade adaxially glossy and wettable ..... -------- *C. >> antiquorum* Schott >> >> The leaf blade of this plant show those "mercury droplets", yet i title >> this post as *Colocasia antiquorum* Schott. (common wild var.)! Because - >> >> "Bengal Plants" >> describes<http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n453_w1150.jpg>:- >> (i) Leaves with a bronze margin; spathe dark yellow --------- *C. >> nymphaeifolia* Kunth. >> (ii) Leaves not bronze-margined; spathe pale yellow --------- *C. >> antiquorum* Schott >> >> F. B. I. vi. 523, describes the above species - >> http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id= >> mobot21753000004381&itemPath=%2F12%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004381&server= >> ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n526_w1150.jpg >> >> "Flora Indica" gives more detailed account :- >> >> - http://ia700607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id= >> mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems% >> 2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia700607.us.archive.org&page= >> >> n499_w1150.jpg<http://ia700607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia700607.us.archive.org&page=n499_w1150.jpg> >> - http://ia700607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id= >> mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems% >> 2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia700607.us.archive.org&page= >> >> n500_w1150.jpg<http://ia700607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia700607.us.archive.org&page=n500_w1150.jpg> >> >> I recorded these pictures today, in Hooghly. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/oVEpOpOg5GE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
