Many thanks for the id and input Santhoshji and Pascalji. I will ask for the local while I revisit the area again.
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Pascal Bruggeman <coryba...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Dear Muthu,**** > > ** ** > > That is a form of the widespread and variable Arisaema leschenaultii. It > is distributed throughout the southern states (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil > Nadu) and Sri Lanka and the most common Arisaema in S India. The form on > the pictures is very close to the form of the holotype that was collected > near Ooty. Local name I think would be “kidaran”.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Pascal**** > > ** ** > > *From:* J.M. Garg [mailto:jmga...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* maandag 1 juli 2013 13:04 > *To:* efloraofindia > *Cc:* Pascal Bruggeman; manudev madhavan; Jorge Lingan; Muthu Karthick > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:158535] Arisaema for identification > 260613MK02**** > > ** ** > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please.**** > > ** ** > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Muthu Karthick* <nmk....@gmail.com> > Date: 26 June 2013 09:51 > Subject: [efloraofindia:158535] Arisaema for identification 260613MK02 > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > **** > > Dear all,**** > > ** ** > > Please help me to identify this Araceae member. This is commonly seen in > the shades of wet forest fringes (roadsides and trails). I cannot take > detailed photographs of flowers. I observed the leaves to be of about 25 cm > across.**** > > ** ** > > The size of spathe ranges 15-20 cm (and spadix not more than 12 cm)**** > > ** ** > > Leaves with radiate leaflets (uniformly spreading from centre)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Location: Kodanad, Nilgiris, TN**** > > Alt.: 1995 m asl**** > > ** ** > > Date: 20 June 2013**** > > ** ** > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust**** > > #15, second main road,**** > > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061**** > > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > **** > > > > > -- **** > > 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 (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2110 members & > 1,56,000 messages on 31/5/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.