Chris Ji, Garg Ji, This I will definitely do. Will get more details and pictures of the sori beneath the frond and their shape. Also whether it bears tubers or not when I visit Nasik next. Regards, Aarti
On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 1:17 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chris ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 at 13:44 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:325206] Ornamental Fern for ID : Nasik : > 17JUL19 : AK-25 > To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > That's the natural form, not a mutation, nor a cultivar, of a Nephrolepis > species - in some ways more handsome than many of the abnormalities. > But to identify Nephrolepis species we do need to see the sori beneath the > frond and their shape - and in this case I also need to know if the long, > wiry "runners" that spread across the soil to make a colony, bear tubers or > not - these are occasional near spherical, pale-brown, slightly white-scaly > bulbils, about 1-2 cm. in diameter. > This could be either the native species, N. cordifolia (with tubers) or > the introduced N. American N. exalatata (no tubers) - but please show the > sori so it can be narrowed down. > I would think from the pinna-shape this is more likely to be N. cordifolia > - a species native to India and Asia and occurring from north to south > there (syn. N. auriculata). It grows in huge quantity in Nepal, > Darjeeling, Sikkkim, Bhutan, Arunachal, Meghjalaya etc. also in the Indian > peninsula. N. cordifolia is a conserved name. The tubers give it the > Nepali name pani amala, and it is sometimes eaten, producing a slightly > bitter watery juice that stops ones mouth drying out while walking long > distances in the hills - not very tasty in my opinion, but I confirm it > does have that effect. > Best, Chris F.-J. > > On Saturday, 27 July 2019, 07:42:10 WEST, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Aarti S. 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