Pankaj ji Chlorophytum comosum I think is the common garden plant spider ivy, ribbon plant, walking Anthericum. I don't know whether it is also the source of Safed musli.
-- 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: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Two varieties, one normal green one and the other variegated ones are > sold in market. > Pankaj > > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If this is the one which is sold in the market, then I would love to > > add one more name, Chlorophytum comosum. > > Pankaj > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji ... not capable of providing keys, but almost certainly the > >> general appearance of the plant posted is not of the following: > >> > >> C. borivillianum > >> C. breviscapum > >> C. malabaricum > >> C. tuberosum > >> > >> ... that is my thought based on my findings ... may be mistaking. > >> > >> Regards. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> But perhaps not that simple > >>> There are at least eight species sold under the name Safed Musli, 6 > from > >>> Chlorophytum > >>> Chlorophytum arundinaceum > >>> C. attenuatum > >>> C. borivillianum > >>> C. breviscapum > >>> C. malabericum > >>> C. tuberocum > >>> Asparagus filicinus > >>> A gonoclados > >>> Will have to find a key for these six species to know the species. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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: 9810359089 > >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> This plant was grown in Herbal Garden in Delhi under the name Safed > >>>> Musli. I hope it is Chlorophytum arundinaceum Baker, Kindly validate. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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: 9810359089 > >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > > Research Associate > > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > Wildlife Institute of India > > Post Box # 18 > > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
