Thanks to Dr. Neil Soares ji & Sri Dinesh Valke ji Regards DRK Reddy ------------------
On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 11:01:09 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > Radha ji, > > My sightings of *Leucas lavandulifolia* need validation. > I think them to be *Leucas lavandulifolia *based on description in > Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. (Dronapushpi) by V. Singh > But I could be wrong; my sightings could be *Leucas aspera*. > Both *L. lavandulifolia and **L. aspera* are confusing me. > > > Your plant is not *Leucas cephalotes* ... the leaves here are linear. > > > About *Leucas indica*: > > *Leucas lavandulifolia* Sm. (syn. *Leucas indica* (L.) Vatke > [Illegitimate]) > *Leucas zeylanica* var. *zeylanica* (syn. *Leucas indica* (L.) R.Br. ex > Sm.) > ** > Synonyms referred from The Plants List > * > > *About *dronapushpi *- this is a generic name for most of the species of * > Leucas. > > > *Regards. > Dinesh* > > * > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:41 PM, ayush <anandkumarre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Request: Leucas Species for ID >> >> Sir / Madam >> >> In Telugu this plant is called Tummi (తుమ్మి) Ayurveda: Drona Pushpi. >> Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia of India mentioned it as: Leucas cephalotes, Sri >> Dinesh ji in Flickr wrote as Leucas lavandulifolia some others as leucas >> indica. >> Whether all these are synonyms for one plant or are they different >> species. >> >> Regards >> Radha krishna Reddy >> > >
