Plant with aromatic roots

[manudev madhavan]

Dear all,

Could this be a species of Polygala???

A small plant collected from the grasslands of Manikkunu Hills near Kalpetta, Wayanad District, Kerala

Collection date: 08.10.2009

The roots of the plant has a characteristic smell..

regards

--

Manudev K Madhavan

Junior Research Fellow

Systematic & Floristic Lab,

Department of Botany, 
Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research 
St. Joseph's College, Devagiri
Kozhikode- 673 008
Mob: 9496470738

[C KUNHIKANNAN]

yes it is a species of polygala
kunhikannan

--
Dr. C.Kunhikannan,
Division of Biodiversity,
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
Forest Campus,  R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu.

[Mahadeswara]

Yes.

On Mar 10, 5:04 pm, manudev madhavan <manudevkmadha...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Could this be a species of *Polygala*???

> A small plant collected from the grasslands of Manikkunu Hills near
> Kalpetta, Wayanad District, Kerala
> Collection date: 08.10.2009
>
> The roots of the plant has a characteristic smell..
>
> regards
>
> --

> *Manudev K Madhavan*

> Junior Research Fellow
> Systematic & Floristic Lab,
> Department of Botany,
> Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research
> St. Joseph's College, Devagiri
> Kozhikode- 673 008
> Mob: 9496470738
>

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[amit chauhan]

Dear all,

It is certainly a Polygala sp. but needs more photos for confirming.
Yes Polygala do have characteristic smell in roots. I have also
collected a Polygala crotolaroides which have a characteristic flesh
and aromatic roots

regards
Amit

--
Dr. Amit Chauhan
Junior Technical Assistant
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre,
Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar,
Uttarakhand 263149
ph.05944 234445
mob.+919412161087
mail: amit...@gmail.com
amit...@rediffmail.com
amit.c...@cimap.res.in

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“yes it is a species of polygala
kunhikannan”

 

“Yes.” from Mahadeswara ji.

 

“It is certainly a Polygala sp. but needs more photos for confirming.

Yes Polygala do have characteristic smell in roots. I have also
collected a Polygala crotolaroides which have a characteristic flesh
and aromatic roots

regards
Amit”

--

With regards,
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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
Some earlier relevant feedback:
“yes it is a species of polygala
kunhikannan”
 
“Yes.” from Mahadeswara ji.
 
“It is certainly a Polygala sp. but needs more photos for confirming. Yes Polygala do have characteristic smell in roots. I have also
collected a Polygala crotolaroides which have a characteristic flesh and aromatic roots
regards
Amit”

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From: manudev madhavan <manudevk...@gmail.com>
Date: 10 March 2011 17:34
Subject: [efloraofindia:64656] Plant with aromatic roots
To: indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>

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With regards,
J.M.Garg (jmg...@gmail.com)
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 1700 members & 79,000 messages on 31/8/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5500 species)

[J.M. Garg]

A reply:

"Polygala arvensis
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