Thanks Gurcharan ji, I had failed to see the details - the hairiness of Balkar's plant is starkly different from that of I. triloba! - Tabish
On Sep 23, 10:36 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I also got the differences > > I*pomoea dichroa > **I.** triloba* > > Plant densely covered with white or yellowish hairs > Plant glabrous, nodes hairy > > Leaves 5-13 cm long, 6-13 cm wide > Leaves 2.5-7 cm long, 2-6 cm wide > > Leaves bristly-pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath Leaves > glabrous or sparsely pilose > > Bracts 7 mm long > Bracts minute > > Sepals bristly or setose > Sepals unequal, glabrous or sparsely pilose > > Capsule ovoid, 8 mm long, pubescent above > Capsule globose, 5-6 mm, bristly pubescent, apiculate > > Though the original plant identity is still elusive for me, Balkar ji's > plant is clearly I. dichroa (syn: I. arachnosperma; I. pilosa) > > -- > 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/ > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > To me too, Balkar's plant look like *Ipomoea triloba*. Compare with > > the following pics: > > http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Riceweedsweb/images/ipomoea.gif > > https://www.seedsman.jp/gardenblog/2006/08/ipomoea-triloba.php > > http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=090814-4312&o=plants > > - Tabish > > > On Sep 23, 9:48 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Gurcharan Ji > > > i could find differences as > > > I dichroa - Leaf-blade deeply 3-lobed, *rarely entire*, 5–13 cm. long, > > 6–13 > > > cm. wide, acute or acuminate at the apex (in JSTORE) > > > > I dichroa Leaves broad ovate, cordate, silvery white-wooly beneath > > flowers > > > pink or rosy in lax cymes > > > ( as in Flora of Delhi) > > > > i am attaching a page from flora of delhi and a page from further flowers > > of > > > sahyadri for description of dichroa, marginata eriocarpa and triloba > > > -- > > > Regards > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > > Haryana-132103 > > > 09416262964 > > > > tn_DSCN4989.JPG > > > 74KViewDownload > > > > tn_DSCN4991.JPG > > > 568KViewDownload
