According to the latest Kew list it is now relegated to synonymy of B. alba
-- 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 Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Pictures posted by me and Gurcharan ji in this thread are belong to the > 'purple' variety. The stems, fruits and sometimes leaves have the > coloration. These are always cultivated and i have not seen in wild. > > This purple form is botanically known as Basella rubra (Synonym: Basella > alba var. rubra). > > The green form of 'pasalai keerai' is wild and all parts (lvs, stems, > fruits) of the plant are green. It is Basella alba (or B. alba var. alba). > > Regards > > > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > Post Doctoral Research Associate > National Center for Natural Products Research > Thad Cochran Research Center > University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 > Phone: +1 662 915 1018 > > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Jency Samuel <jencysam...@yahoo.co.in>wrote: > >> What's the name of the purple-leaved variety of the same 'pasalai >> keerai' (in Tamil) called? >> >> --- On *Wed, 5/1/11, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [efloraofindia:59215] Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-11 >> To: "indiatreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> Date: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011, 4:35 AM >> >> >> Basella rubra, at FRLHT's garden. Leaves used as green vegetable. It is >> also a medicinal plant. >> >> >> Regards >> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >> Post Doctoral Research Associate >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> Thad Cochran Research Center >> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 >> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 >> >> >> >
