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Tabish

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Dec 14, 2019, 10:36:32 AM12/14/19

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A wild prostrate herb found in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Flowering in December.

Please identify

Tabish

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 14, 2019, 10:56:55 AM12/14/19

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Just a wild guess, could be wrong - the flower reminded me of knotweed !! ... Polygonum.

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Tabish

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Dec 14, 2019, 11:20:37 AM12/14/19

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Thanks Dinesh,

It did remind me too of poygonum. But polygonum flowers do not have separate sepals and petals, as seen in the flowers here.

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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Dec 14, 2019, 11:37:21 AM12/14/19

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Bergia sufruticosa,

Elatinaceae,

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 14, 2019, 12:05:22 PM12/14/19

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Thanks Paradesi ji !!!

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Dinesh

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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Dec 14, 2019, 12:31:44 PM12/14/19

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You're welcome Ji,

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Tabish

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Dec 14, 2019, 1:36:29 PM12/14/19

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Thanks Paradesi!

Tabish

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Mahadeswara

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Dec 14, 2019, 10:57:29 PM12/14/19

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A beautiful posting by Tabish ji & great attempt by Anjaneyalu ji !

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J.M. Garg

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Dec 16, 2019, 6:29:12 AM12/16/19

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Salute to Paradesi ji, for his great expertise.

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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Dec 16, 2019, 9:09:09 AM12/16/19

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My pleasure Garg Ji,

😊😊😊🌷🙏

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J.M. Garg

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Dec 25, 2019, 8:06:13 AM12/25/19

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Pl. check with keys in Flora of Pakistan as below:

2 (1)	Aromatic, pubescent shrublet, Stipules linear or lanceolate. Cyme of 2-8 flowers. Sepals ovate, with conspicuous hairs on margins.		Bergia suffruticosa
+	Non- aromatic, glabrous or nearly glabrous shrublet. Stipules setaceous. Cyme of 2-4 flowers. Sepals lanceolate, denticulate with glabrous margins.		Bergia aestivosa

I feel it may be Bergia aestivosa Wight & Arnott. Pl. also see Flora of Gandhinagar POWO

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J.M. Garg

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Dec 30, 2019, 2:03:42 AM12/30/19

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Bergia aestivosa Wight & Arnott. as per discussions at Bergia sp.

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J.M. Garg

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Jan 7, 2020, 6:54:51 AM1/7/20

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Hi, Tabish ji,

You have to remove these images from Bergia suffruticosa in FOI

Tabish

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Jan 7, 2020, 8:36:37 AM1/7/20

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Thanks for the feedback Garg ji, and pointing to the Rakesh's discussion. Sorry, I was out of station for many days, and away from active email. From the description you posted in the other thread, Bergia aestivosa is a hairless plant, with the sepals also hairless. In the images I have posted here, you can see that my plant is quite hairy. Bergia suffruticosa on the other hand, is a hairy plant with sepal margins hairy.

I have attached a cropped image of my plant - notice the hairy stem and sepals.

So I think my plant should be Bergia suffructicosa.

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J.M. Garg

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Jan 7, 2020, 10:38:39 AM1/7/20

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Hi, Tabish ji,

Pl. go through the detailed description from Flora of Pakistan, than you will realise:

Bergia suffruticosa (Delile) Fenzl.

Aromatic, perennial, woody at base, decumbent or spreading undershrub, glandular-pubescent, the older stems glabrous with deciduous papery bark. Branches numerous, opposite, stiff. Leaves opposite or often pseudoverticillate, sessile or subsessile, obovate-oblong to oblanceolate or elliptic, 3-30 mm long, 2-10 mm broad, acute to obtuse, crenate or minutely serrate, often revolute, densely pubescent; stipules linear or lanceolate, 1-3 mm long, pubescent. Inflorescence axillary solitary or loose fasciculate cyme of 2-8 flowers. Flowers white to pinkish, usually 5-merous, 4-5 mm across, pedicel 1-5.5 mm long, glandular pubescent. Sepals 5, free, ovate, 2.5-4 mm long, acute or distinctly acuminate, pubescent, keeled, margins hyaline membranous, hairy. Petals 5, free, obovate-oblong, equal to or slightly longer than the sepals, 3-4 mm long, obtuse, entire, white to pinkish, transparent. Stamens 10, equal or alternately long or short; Carpels 5, united; ovary ovoid, distinctly 5, sulcate; styles 5, free, straight. Capsule whitish pink, ovoid, 5-locular. Seeds numerous, minute, shining, oblong-ellipsoid, dark brown to black.

Fl. Per. August-April.

Bergia aestivosa Wight & Arnott

Non-aromatic, woody at base, glabrous or sub-glabrous, erect, 30-40 cm tall undershrub. Branches numerous, opposite, thin, long, divaricate. Leaves opposite, sub-sessile or shortly petiolate, obovate-oblong or narrow oblong, attenuate, lower leaves 25-30 mm long, 7-10 mm broad, linear and very small on branches bearing flowers, apex acute, margins crenate to entire; stipules setaceous, 1-4 mm long. Inflorescence solitary or loose axillary fasciculate cyme of 2-4 flowers. Flowers white to pinkish, 4-5 mm across; pedicel 1-3 mm long. Sepals 5, free, lanceolate, acute, slightly keeled, denticulate with glabrous membranous margins, 2-3 mm long. Petals 5, free, obovate-oblong, 3-4 mm long, mucronate, entire, white to pinkish, transparent. Stamens 10, equal or alternately shorter. Carpels 5, united; ovary ovoid, 5 sulcate; styles 5, free, straight. Capsule whitish pink, ovoid, 5-locular. Seeds numerous, minute, dark brown to black.

M. Per. December.

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Tabish

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Jan 7, 2020, 11:22:04 AM1/7/20

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Another difference: Bergia suffruticosa is supposed to be prostrate or spreading undershrub, whereas Bergia aestivosa is an erect undershrub. Have a look at my image j548.jpg showing the prostrate plant.

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J.M. Garg

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Jan 7, 2020, 10:24:51 PM1/7/20

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Also check the leaves and stipules as per descriptions and as per Bergia sp.

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J.M. Garg

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Jan 16, 2020, 12:01:23 AM1/16/20

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Thanks, Tabish ji.

On further checking, I agree with your id as Bergia suffruticosa

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