Wild Ladies' Fingers, Abelmoschus manihot spp. tetraphyllus

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Photographed at my farm at Shahapur.                     With regards,                       Neil Soares.

[tanay bose]

I have never seen this variety before

Tanay

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[Dinesh Valke]

Neil ji, does the leaf shape distinguish this subsp. (from Abelmoschus manihot) ?
Regards.

[promila chaturvedi]

I have seen the last picture before-Blyth's Reed Wabbler.

Promila

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Neil Soares]

Hi Dinesh,   Good question !   In the classification of Abelmoschus in his 'Flora of Maharashtra' Vol 1, Dr.Almeida also lists the following :   - A.manihot - A.manihot ssp. tetraphylla - A manihot ssp. tetraphylla var. pungens - A manihot ssp.tetraphylla var.megaspermus    Will take some time for me to figure this out. Meanwhile if someone else is willing to take the call ......                     Regards,                       Neil. --- On Sat, 10/16/10, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Pankaj Kumar]

I dont have this part of Flora of Maharastra so just asking out of curiosity, are these taxa named by Dr. Almeida himself?

Pankaj

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Dinesh ji

Here are few 

A. manihot subsp manihot                                             A. manihot ssp. tetraphylla

Plants glabrous,                                                            Plants hispid, slightly prickly

Petiole 12-15  cm long                                                   Petiole about 6-8 cm long                                  

Leaf lobes linear-oblong, coarsely toothed or lobulate       Lobes lanceolate, crenate-toothed

Flowers about 12 cm across                                          Flowers about 6 cm across

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Gurcharan ji for providing the differences ... now will look out for these, the next meeting this plant(s).
Going through them makes me feel that most of the instances, must have overlooked the differences and generalized it to just A. manihot.

Regards.