Thank you all. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Pardeshi S. <satishparde...@gmail.com>wrote:
> it is > Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders in Thwates, Enum. 235, 1860; > Almeida, Fl. Mah. 4: 7, 2003; Singh et al. Fl. Mah. St. 2: 596, 2001. > Synonyms: Justicia gangetica L., Amoen. Acad. 4: 299, 1759. A. > violacea Dalz. in Kew. J. Bot. 2: 137, 1850. A. crispata Bth. in > Linnaea 24: 647, 1851. A. coromandeliana Wt. ex Nees in Wall. Pl. > Asiat. Rar. 3: 89, 1832. Cl. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 483, > 1884; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 566, 1958 (Repr.). A. zeylanica Koeng > ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 42, 1832. > Common names: Lavana valli. > > regards > > On Mar 18, 9:26 pm, "R. Vijayasankar" <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Agree with Dinesh ji. Its Asystasia gangetica. > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... me thinks it to be *Asystasia gangetica* ... commonly known as: > > > asystasia, Ganges primrose, Chinese violet, creeping foxglove • > Kannada: > > > ಮೆದ್ಧೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು meddhe soppu • Malayalam: valli-upu-dali • Marathi: लवण > वल्ली > > > lavana valli • Sanskrit: लवण वल्ली lavana valli • Tamil: மிதிகீரை miti > kirai > > > > > Regards. > > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:11 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >> Dear Muthu ji, > > >> I hope the plant in the attached photo is .................... > > > > >> *Ruellia tuberosa L.,* Sp. Pl. 635. 1753. Maheshw., Fl. Delhi 272. > 1963; > > >> Stewart in Nasir & Ali, l.c. 678; Rani & Mathew in Mathew, Fl. Tamal. > Carn. > > >> 3(1): 1197. 1982. > > >> An erect, up to 60 (-70) cm tall herb with stout, 4-angled stems, > swollen > > >> and purplish at the nodes, tender parts sparsely hairy. Roots slender, > > >> elongated, tuberous. Leaves with up to 2 cm long petiole; lamina > > >> oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 5-9 (-10) x 2-4 cm, shining, basally > cuneate > > >> to attenuate, entire to ± undulate, obtuse to somewhat acute, often > > >> mucronulate. Flowers shortly pedicellate, blue-violet, showy, 5-5.5 cm > long, > > >> c. 3.5 cm across, solitary or in 1-3-flowered, terminal or axillary > cymes; > > >> bracts and bracteoles linear-lanceolate, c. 5 mm long. Calyx lobes ± > equal, > > >> linear, 1.3-2 cm long, ciliate, acute. Corolla pubescent outside, tube > c. > > >> 3.5 cm long, abruptly narrowed at base, limb 5-lobed, lobes ± equal, > ovate, > > >> c. 1.5 cm long, patent. Stamens with oblong-sagittate, c. 4 mm long, > > >> puberulous anthers. Ovary oblong, c. 4 mm long, glabrous; style > 2.3-2.5 cm > > >> long. Capsule oblong, 2.2-3 cm long, glabrous or scabrescent, > 24-28-seeded, > > >> minutely beaked at tip. Seeds flattened, orbicular, c. 2 mm across, > hairy. > > > > >> Regards > > >> Tanay > > > > >> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > >>> Dear all, > > >>> Please id this Acantaceae member. > > > > >>> *Date/Time-* > > > > >>> 19-01-2010 / 11:00 AM > > > > >>> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-* > > > > >>> Erode Dist.; ca. 300msl > > > > >>> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > > > >>> Fallow lands > > > > >>> *Plant Habit-* > > > > >>> small shrub > > > > >>> *Height/Length-* > > > > >>> Up to 1 metre > > > > >>> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > > > >>> Leaves ovate; up to 6cm long > > > > >>> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* > > > > >>> terminal raceme; > > > > >>> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > > > > >>> pink-violet colored; ca.3 cm across > > > > >>> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * > > > > >>> *Other information-* > > > > >>> -- > > >>> Muthu Karthick, N > > >>> Junior Research Fellow > > >>> Care Earth Trust > > >>> Chennai - 61 > > >>>www.careearthtrust.org > > > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >>> "efloraofindia" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> > > >>> . > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > >> -- > > >> Tanay Bose > > >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > > >> 9830439691(Mobile) > > >> 9674221362 (Mobile) > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >> "efloraofindia" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> > > >> . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "efloraofindia" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > > With regards > > > > R. 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