This is *Alpinia calcarata* only...!!! On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 2:38 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Seems like Elettaria cardamomum to me. > Pankaj” > > > > “Yes Elettaria cardamomum commonly known as big Cardamom > Tanay” > > > > “*This should be Alpinia calcarata. > *Elettaria has lateral inflorescences that arise from near the ground, not > on leafy shoot. > Large cardamom is Amomum subulatum, not Elettaria. > > Regards > ---------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.” > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mani nair <[email protected]> > Date: 11 December 2010 22:35 > Subject: [efloraofindia:56756] Plant for ID-111210MN > To: [email protected] > > > Dear friends, > please help to id this Plant. > Regards, > Mani. > > *Date/Time* > > 5.12.2010 10 a.m. > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* > > Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly Garden, Thane. > > *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > Cultivated > > *Plant Habit-* > > shrub > > *Height/Length-* > > 1 meter > > *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > > *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* > > *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > > *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * > not seen > > *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * > * > * > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 members & > 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on > 30/11/10) > > -- *Manudev K Madhavan* Systematic & Floristic Lab, Department of Botany, Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research St. Joseph's College, Devagiri Kozhikode- 673 008 Mob: 9496470738
