Request for Species ID - 111009 DKV 1

[Dev Kumar]

Request for Species ID
Mhow, Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Plant observed growing by a roadside in an open ground.

Dev Kumar

[Prashant awale]

Dear Dev Kumar ji,

This could be Martynia annua  (Martyniaceae family).

best wishes
Prashant

[Dinesh Valke]

... just as Prashant points out, me too think it to be related to Martynia annua ... attached is photo of M. annua whose flower resembles Sesamum orientale.

Regards.

[Dr Santhosh Kumar]

Yes it is Martynia annua

Santhosh

2009/10/11 Dev Kumar <dev.kumar...@gmail.com>

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SANTHOSH
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Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar
Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode
Thiruvananthapuram-695562
Kerala
India
www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com

[Dinesh Valke]

Martynia annua, commonly known as: devil's claw, iceplant, tiger's-claw • Bengali: বাঘনখী baghnakhi • Hindi: बाघनख baghnakh, हाथाजोड़ी hatha-jori, उलट-कांटा ulat-kanta • Kannada: ಗರುಡ ಮೂಗು ಮುಳ್ಳು garuda mugu mullu, ಹುಲಿ ನಖ huli nakha, ಹುಲಿ ಉಗುರು huli uguru • Malayalam: പുലിനഖം puli-nakham • Marathi: विंचू vinchu • Nepalese: बिरालो-नङ्ग्रि biralo-nangri, ग्रिध्दरनंकी gridharnankee • Oriya: baghanakhi • Sanskrit: काकनसा kakanasa • Tamil: புலிநகம் puli-nakam, தேட்கொடுக்கி tet-kotukki • Telugu: గరుడముకు garudamukku

 

Regards.

 

 

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Many thanks Santhosh ji for confirming the ID.

Dear Prashant, I confused myself ... I mis-interpreted DSC05061.JPG.

 

Regards.

 

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