I doubt if this plant is A. indica though it is Aeginetia no doubt. Differences are peduncles hairy (glabrous), calyx lobed (spatheceus), corolla white and yellow (purple) smaller and distinctly lobed. Please reconfirm. Rgds, Shrikant
On Mar 10, 9:32 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Plant Name: Aeginetia indica L.* > > *Family:** **Orobanchaceae*** > > *Date/Time- November 2008* > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Panchmari Reserve Forest, Panchmari (Madhya > Pradesh) * > > *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild* > > *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-** **Herbaceous.*** > > *Height/Length- 10-30 meters* > > Plants 15-40(-50) cm tall. Root slightly fleshy, with small branches. Stems > unbranched or branched from near base. Leaves red, ovate-lanceolate or > lanceolate, 5-10 X 3-4 mm, glabrous. Flowers usually solitary. Pedicel > usually erect, 10-30(-40) cm, ca. 3 mm in diam. Calyx apex acute or > acuminate. Corolla purple-red striate, indistinctly bilabiate, > tubular-campanulate, 2-4.5 cm; tube slightly curved; lobes subentire. > Filaments purple, 7-9 mm, glabrous; anthers yellow. Ovary 1-locular; > parietal placentas 4. Style 1-1.5 cm; stigma pale yellow. Capsule conical, > or long ovoid-globose, 2-3 cm. Seeds yellow, ellipsoid, ca. 0.04 mm. Fl. > Apr-Aug, fr. Aug-Oct. 2*n* = 30. > > The roots and flowers are used medicinally for clearing away heat and toxic > materials > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > 9674221362 (Mobile) > > Aeginetia indica.jpg > 447KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
