well done Key for differential nice pic too usha di ==
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice information with Pics > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> *Trichodesma zeylanicum >> Please validate. >> *I was just checking for all the posts with subject line* Trichodesma >> indicum.* >> As Dinesh ji said T.indicum and T.zeylanicum are very close and difficult >> to differentiate from each other. >> On careful searching I found important characters to differentiate >> Trichodesmas. >> 1. Stamens included Corolla tube longer than lobes, >> lobes shortly acuminate, not recurved .... .... .... >> .... .... T.inaequale. >> 1. Stamens exserted; corolla tube as long as, or shorter than lobes, >> lobes acuminate, recurved .... .... .... .... .... >> .... .... >> 2. Glandular spots on corolla lobes; calyx hastate or cordate >> .... T.indicum >> 2. Glandular spots absent on corolla lobes; calyx rounded >> .... T. zeylanicum >> Considering the above characters esp the calyx is clearly not hastate >> here.As against to this the plants posted as T.indicum by Dinesh ji >> Prashant ji and Nidhan ji clearly have hastate calyx more clearly seen in >> sideview.. >> The pattern of dark tinge on the petals here is also different. I think >> my posted plant is T.zeylanicum. >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Usha di ===========
