Dear Tanay and others, i feel, if the information is taken from some other site or publication, and* if it goes into the group's database*, i think we have to provide/acknowledge the source or the original authors' names, as a courtesy and also to avoid copyright issues. Thanks for your kind service.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:16 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Gurcharan ji And Shrikant ji , > I am adding complete description of the plant and also other details and > using bold text for similar character with these photos > > *Physalis minima Linn.* > > *Family:* Solanaceae > > *English names:* Wild capegooseberry > > *Indian names:* *kupanti, budda, budamma* (Andhra Pradesh); *ban > tipariya*(Bengal); > *parpoti, popti *(Gujrat); *rasbhary* (Himachal Pradesh); *tulati pati > *(Hindi); > *gudde hannu* (Karnataka); *njodi njotta* (Kerala); *chirboti, dhan mori > *(Maharashtra); > *tholtakalli* (Tamilnadu). > > *Physalis minima* Linn. is commonly found on the bunds of the fields, > wastelands, around the houses, on roadsides, etc., where the soil is porous > and rich in organic matter. It is an annual herbaceous plant having a very > delicate stem and leaves. It is found growing in the sub-Himalayas up to > altitudes of 1,650 metres. According to Duthie (1905), it also grows in > Afghanistan, Baluchistan, tropical Africa, Australia. Ceylon, etc. > * > > Morphology > * > > A small, delicate, erect, annual, pubescent herb, 1.5 metres tall; > internodal length, 8.2 cm; more or less the whole plant is pubescent. > > Leaves, *petiolate (4.1 cm long)*, ovate to cordate, pubescent, delicate, > exstipulate, *acuminate, having reticulate palmate venation and undulate > margins*; *dorsal surface of the leaves, dark green and the ventral > surface, light green*; 9.7 cm long and 8.1 cm broad. > > Flowers, *pedicellate having 1.2 cm long pedice*l, hermaphrodite, > complete, solitary, small companulate, 1.2 to 1.4 cm in diameter;* calyx; > gamosepalous, 5-toothed, actinomorphic, green, persistent, downy; corolla, > gamopetalous with five petals, the petal cup, 1.1 to 1.3 cm long, yellow, > having five black spots on yellow ground in the middle of the corolla cup; > stamens, five, epipetalous, 6 to 7 mm long, having a black filament and > greenish-yellow anther lobes; style, black, 9 min long, having a yellowish > stigma at the top and a yellowish round ovary at the base.* > > *Fruit, a berry, enclosed within the enlarged, 10-ribbed, reticulately > veined calyx*, which is 4.1 cm long and 2.5 cm broad; berries, stalked > (stalk, 2.2 cm long), almost round having a pinhead-sized depression at the > end; diameter, 1.4 to 1.6 cm; weight, 2.15 g; volume, 1.32 ml; fully mature > fruits primrose yellow 601/2 at full maturity. > > Seeds, globose, Dresden yellow 64/3; weight and volume of l00 seeds, 113 mg > and 197 microlitres respectively. > * > > The flowering and fruiting season > * > > The flowers appear in acropetal succession, i.e. the lower flowers appear > and form fruits earlier than the upper ones, which emerge as well as set > fruit later. In this way, the flowering and fruiting season of this plant > starts from March-April and continues up to the end of November. The > fruiting starts from the middle of August and continues till the end of > November. The peak fruiting season in the Solan area, however, is October. > > *Chemical composition of the fruit* > > The fruit is juicy, containing 61.4 per cent extractable juice and 76.7 per > cent moisture. The total soluble solids content of the juice is 12.5 per > cent. The acidity of the juice is 1.84 per cent. The fruits contain 5.97 per > cent total sugars, 3 per cent reducing sugars, 2.81 per cent non-reducing > sugars, 0.64 per cent tannins and 0.52 percent pectin. They contain a good > amount of vitamin C which is 24.45 mg per 100 ml of juice. > > The mineral content of the fruit, as represented by its ash, is 1.216 per > cent. The protein content of the fruit is 2.75 per cent. The content of some > of the important minerals of the fruits, viz. phosphorus, potassium, > calcium, magnesium and iron is 0.108. 0.613, 0.024, 0.056 and 0.006 per cent > respectively. > * > > Medicinal properties > * > > Kirtikar and Basu (1935) have reported that the plants of *Physalis minima > * Linn. are bitter, appetizing, tonic, diuretic, laxative, useful in > inflammations, enlargement of the spleen and abdominal troubles. The fruit > is considered to be a tonic, diuretic and purgative in the Punjab. The * > mundas* (a tribe) of Chhota Nagpur mix the juice of the leaves with water > and mustard oil and use it as a remedy against earache. > * > > Utilization > * > > The fruits are covered by the persistent calyx which protects them from > external injury. They are eaten and liked by all. They are juicy and, as is > evident from their chemical composition, they are a good source of vitamin > C. The raw fruit can also be used as a vegetable. > Regards > Tanay > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 8:28 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar < > le...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > >> Sir, your plant too seems P. longifolia Nutt. as the one posted by >> Dineshji. Anthers are said to be greenish-blue. Regards, Shrikant >> >> On Apr 10, 6:59 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Dinesh ji's upload has put me in dilemma. If we go by the paper kindly >> > suggested by Muthu ji (and it can't be ignored being a very recent paper >> in >> > a reputed Journal), then my plant fits P. lagascae in leaves, flowers, >> > anthers and overall appearance, but when we look at fruiting calyx the >> size, >> > shape and colour does not allow you to ignore P. angulata as per this >> paper. >> > I would request colleagues to kindly give your opinion. >> > It is another matter that some authorities (GRIN) consider P. >> lagascae >> > as synonym of P. minima. Then we have to decide between P. minima (Pl. >> > lagascae) or P. angulata. >> > >> > -- >> > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > Physalis-minima-Delhi-1.jpg >> > 169KViewDownload >> > >> > Physalis-minima-Delhi-2.jpg >> > 176KViewDownload >> > >> > Physalis-minima-Delhi-3.jpg >> > 194KViewDownload >> >> -- >> 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<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > 9674221362 (Mobile) > > > -- > 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<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- With regards R. 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