Dear Sevvel ji, Leaf surface hairs vary, especially in *Commelina*. You can confirm with the capsule and seed characters. I believe this is possibly *C. ensifolia*. Do confirm.
sincerely, *Mayur D. Nandikar *(Ph.D. Botany) Head Scientist, Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR) c/o Lawkim Motors Division 431, Village Shindewadi, Post Shirwal, Dist: Satara, Maharashtra, India 412 801 ----------------------------------------------------------- Office 02169-244401 (Ext 640) Mobile: +91 9421969757 email: [email protected] www.ngcpr.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Scopus ID 36495332200 ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8626-3669 On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 2:59 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Thanks, Sevvel ji, > May be as per > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/commelinaceae/commelina/commelina-hirsuta > - > from me > > Not *Commelina **hirsuta*, you can check with *Commelina ensifolia* > instead. > Thanks. > sincerely, > Mayur > > It is not *Commelina hirsuta. *Sorry! It does not seem to match with > *Commelina > ensifolia *too. I checked some images and all of them do not have this > much surface hairs on the leaves. That is what confuses me! > Thanks, > Sevvel > > Thanks Mr. Garg. My specimen does not seem to match with Commelina hirsuta! > Still looking for ID... > Thanks, > Sevvel > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Sevvel Sundaramoorthy <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 at 21:15 > Subject: [efloraofindia:307667] Sevvel01 - 30 September - Kallar, > Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - Commelina species for ID. > To: <[email protected]> > > > Hi friends, > > *Location :* Kallar, Mettupalayam, Ciombatore, Tamil Nadu. > *Date :* 30 October 2018. > *Elevation :* 500 m. > *Habit :* Wild. > > The leaves were covered with dense hairs. Might this be Commelina hirsuta? > > Thanks, > Sevvel > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 > are directly displayed). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
