Dear all, Thank you for the identification. This plant is little less than a shrub.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > I agree with Kottaimuthu's id: *Polygala javana*. > In Tamil it is known as பெரியா நங்கை 'Periyaa nangai' (a name also shared > by Andrographis sp.). > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:19 AM, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "Dear Muthu >> *Can you please check it with Polygala javana* >> Sincerely >> R. Kottaimuthu" >> >> On 16 September 2012 21:58, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> You seem to be right in identifying this as a *Polygala* sp.. >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dr. Nidhan Singh >>> >>> Great pictures of a *Polygalaceae* member. I have seen yellow flowered >>> and purple/pink flowered ones but this seems to be unique with combination >>> of colours. Thanks for including the shots of fruits/seeds too. Will have >>> to study the characters in detail for possible ID >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >>> Could this be *Polygala arvensis*?- from Muthu ji. >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> >>> Date: 1 September 2012 14:26 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:127821] Herb for identification 010912MK01 >>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> Please help me to identify this herb found in the scrub forest floor >>> near Chennai. Is this from Polygalaceae? >>> >>> Height: 1-1.5 feet >>> Leaf: 3cm long; mucronate-tip >>> Flowers: 0.8cm across; yellow (lower petal frimbiated I think) >>> >>> Date: 16 Aug 2012 >>> Place: Tiruvallur dist., TN >>> Alt.: c. 45 m asl >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Care Earth Trust >>> #15, second main road, >>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>> Chennai - 600 061 >>> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members >>> & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 7000 species). >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & >> 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org --
