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Shobha Halwe-Chavda

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Oct 10, 2019, 8:29:57 AM10/10/19

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Dear Friends,

What is this structure seen on leaves ( of Leea ?).

Location - Sirsi ( North Karnataka)
Date - September 2019

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Shobha Chavda

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dr.rakesh Singh

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Oct 10, 2019, 10:04:03 AM10/10/19

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Gall ?

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 10, 2019, 10:45:49 AM10/10/19

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I too am interested to know what this persistent structure is. I have always been thinking it to be some kind of sheath / leaf bud / stipule.

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ushadi

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Oct 11, 2019, 12:12:22 PM10/11/19

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how about a leafhopper insect, before it has unfurled its wings, and

that's why we are not seeing the veins on the wings?

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Shobha Halwe-Chavda

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Oct 13, 2019, 8:38:05 AM10/13/19

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Thanks Rakesh Ji.I too thought it to be some external growth like Gall Dinesh Ji.

Ushadi Ji,You mean to say the structure itself being an insect before the formation of a gall ? I don't think so.Because i observed it closely and keenly and didn't find any movement.Saw this structure on many leaves on our way to a waterfall.

That reminds me of very beautiful and colorful galls I had seen in Yeoor Forest ( SGNP) few years back.Enclosing two photos of the same.

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Shobha

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ushadi

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Oct 13, 2019, 10:34:23 AM10/13/19

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yes these are galls

without any doubts

the other idea about insect was just that

an idea

also an unknown entity raises a lot of questions .

there are so many thing on this earth that we know almost nothing about

I perhaps would have taken another twig and tried to wake up the "insect"

I don know

there has be a reason why that structure was green and almost camouflaged?

lets think about it and keep looking

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Ushadi

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Shobha Halwe-Chavda

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Oct 14, 2019, 8:17:36 AM10/14/19

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You are right Ushadi Ji.Nature throws so many surprises which we ignore at times.I should have been more thoughtful.

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Shobha

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ushadi

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Oct 14, 2019, 2:01:39 PM10/14/19

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live and learn

I do

my parents did and their parents... and ad infinatum

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Ushadi

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 19, 2019, 6:41:56 AM10/19/19

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I think Dinesh ji is right. It is Sheath (The base of a leaf or leafstalk (petiole) which encases the stem) as per Biotik & Leea indica & Leea asiatica

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Oct 19, 2019, 1:33:41 PM10/19/19

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I think its a butterfly pupa

if its that abundant

take a few of 8 or 10 inch twig with the pupa home

let it hang in a comfortable palce at least 21 days

and see what transpires

every citizen scientist can do that

ask Bimal da for advice

in usa I have seen similar colored pupa of monarch butterflies, I even nurtured some

they change colors , fade as it gets closer to maturing

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Ushadi

Shobha Halwe-Chavda

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Oct 21, 2019, 8:57:42 AM10/21/19

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Ushadi Ji,

Unfortunately it's not possible now as I am back from Sirsi to Mumabai.Next time If I come across such structure,I"ll surely try studying but I too feel it's some extension of a leaf or a twig.

Regards,

Shobha

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ushadi

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Oct 21, 2019, 1:35:10 PM10/21/19

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good

just something to remember when we run into these kind a objects

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Ushadi

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 21, 2019, 11:32:19 PM10/21/19

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Hi, Ushadi,

No. it is not. It is a Sheath (The base of a leaf or leafstalk (petiole) which encases the stem) as per Biotik & Leea indica & Leea asiatica

Pl. see the details at the given links.

Shobha Halwe-Chavda

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Oct 31, 2019, 8:38:42 AM10/31/19

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I too agree Garg ji.

Regards.

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ushadi

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Oct 31, 2019, 9:00:35 AM10/31/19

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I looked at those three links

yes it does look like its a protective sheath for the next branch to come

thank you

live and learn, as I say

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Ushadi

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Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 13, 2020, 5:23:30 AM10/13/20

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Forwarding again for ID of Leea sp.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Forwarding again for ID of Leea sp.

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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Oct 13, 2020, 10:06:42 AM10/13/20

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Resembles Leea indica,

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Thanks a lot Paradesi ji

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