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prasad dash

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Mar 5, 2011, 12:25:17 AM3/5/11
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Dear all pleaese help to identify the plant

Date/Time- 

18-02-2011 / 02:30 PM

Location- Place, Altitude, GP

ca.1200 amsl; Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- 

Top of the hill

Plant Habit-

Woody perennial climber

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 

ca. 8 x 5 cm; ovate

Inflorescence Type/ Size- 

 

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- 

 

Fruit shape/size/ colour

Pods/10-15 cm/Grey

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- 

 

Climbing over Euphorbia sp.





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Muthu Karthick

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Mar 5, 2011, 1:01:55 AM3/5/11
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Any Asclepediaceae member?
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prasad dash

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Mar 5, 2011, 1:43:36 AM3/5/11
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Dear Karthickji definitely Asclepediaceae as i found milky latex. Can it be Pergularia?

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 5, 2011, 3:45:59 AM3/5/11
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Pergularia I think has prickly fruits.


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prasad dash

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Mar 5, 2011, 5:42:45 AM3/5/11
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Dear all please help in identifying these small herbs collected from rice fields after harvesting

Date of collection 18/02/11
Place of collection: Rice fields,  Ranpur, Nayagarh.
Altitude: 300 m above msl



Regards

Prasad
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Na Bha

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Mar 5, 2011, 6:03:19 AM3/5/11
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Linum usitatissimum L. ??
Leinsamen or Flachs in german.

Bhatt Sweta

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Mar 5, 2011, 8:36:46 AM3/5/11
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Yes Sir Pergularia definitely has spiny fruits!!
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hari lal

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Mar 6, 2011, 10:56:11 AM3/6/11
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i think oroxylon sps
hari shankar lal

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> *Asso. Prof.,*
> TCSC,
> *Doctoral Research Student,*
> M.S.U.
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Vijayasankar

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Mar 7, 2011, 10:41:57 AM3/7/11
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This is Aganosma, most probably A. cymosa.
 
Regards 
 
Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

prasad dash

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Mar 9, 2011, 12:24:33 AM3/9/11
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Dear Vijayasankarji, thnks for the identification. I have matched the specimen with herbarium of Reagional Plant Research Center (RPRC), Bhubaneswar. The species is
Aganosma cymosa.

Thanks to all for their feedbacks.

Regards

Prasad



Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 29, 2011, 10:54:56 PM3/29/11
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The first two appear Lathyrus sativus
Third Linum usitatissimum


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prasad dash

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Mar 30, 2011, 2:18:23 AM3/30/11
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Dear Meghaniji and Gurucharanji thanks a lot for the identification.

Regards

Prasad

prasad dash

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Apr 1, 2011, 5:46:52 AM4/1/11
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Dear all i have collected the species from Ranpur, Nayagarh district of Orissa. Please help me in identification

Regards

Prasad

Place of collection: Ranpur
Altitude: 400 m above msl
Habit: Herb,
Flower solitary
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prasad dash

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Apr 7, 2011, 3:48:26 AM4/7/11
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Dear all please help me in ID

Place of collection: Mayurbhanj, Orissa
Habit: Small herb (Up to 5 cm)
Habitat: Dead stumps of Sal forest

Altitude: 300 m above msl


Please find the attachment

Regards

Prasad
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Aparna Watve

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Apr 7, 2011, 7:53:57 AM4/7/11
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Hi Prasad,
GUESSING it as :
"Flemingia nana Roxb." Considerable name changes and merging has occurred leaving it now as:

Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze. ex Merr.
Crotalaria macrophylla Willd.
Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex Ait. f.
F. nana Roxb.
F. congesta var. latifolia (Bth.)  Baker
F. congesta var. nana (Roxb.) Baker
Moghania nana (Roxb.) Mukerjee
M. macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze.

The Flora of Bombay by T. Cooke (which separates the species) mentions calyx covered with ferruginous glands and :
Pods turgid with greenish-grey tomentum and covered with viscid reddish glands.
Melghat has this plant and it normally has only a few leaves (3-foliolate) or a short woody stem above ground. 
BUT please check the recent literature and recent key for Fabaceae. 
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Aparna
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Pardeshi S.

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Apr 7, 2011, 8:16:05 AM4/7/11
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Dear Prasad Dash ji
Please post every individual species for identification in seperate
posts/ mails.
it will be helpful in creating a database.

regards
satish pardeshi

On Apr 7, 4:53 pm, Aparna Watve <aparnawat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Prasad,
> GUESSING it as :
> "Flemingia nana Roxb." Considerable name changes and merging has occurred
> leaving it now as:
>
> *Flemingia macrophylla* (Willd.) O. Ktze. ex Merr.
> Crotalaria macrophylla Willd.
> Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex Ait. f.
> F. nana Roxb.
> F. congesta var. latifolia (Bth.)  Baker
> F. congesta var. nana (Roxb.) Baker
> Moghania nana (Roxb.) Mukerjee
> M. macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze.
>
> The Flora of Bombay by T. Cooke (which separates the species) mentions calyx
> covered with ferruginous glands and :
> Pods turgid with greenish-grey tomentum and covered with viscid reddish
> glands.
> Melghat has this plant and it normally has only a few leaves (3-foliolate)
> or a short woody stem above ground.
> BUT please check the recent literature and recent key for Fabaceae.
> regards
> Aparna
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM, prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Dear all please help me in ID
>
> > Place of collection: Mayurbhanj, Orissa
> > Habit: Small herb (Up to 5 cm)
> > Habitat: Dead stumps of Sal forest
> > Altitude: 300 m above msl
>
> > Please find the attachment
>
> > Regards
>
> > Prasad
>
> > --
> > Prasad Kumar Dash
> > Ecologist, Orissa, India
> > email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com

Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 27, 2011, 9:30:10 PM4/27/11
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Resurfacing again for ID


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prasad dash

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May 13, 2011, 3:08:59 AM5/13/11
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Dear Gurucharanji, again i had sighted the species in the same place and i measured some of the characters.

Field notes: Undershrub, leaves elliptic (up to 15 cm long), acuminate, flowers white, solitary, capsules and seeds were not visible during the time of collection

  Can it be

Pseudoeranthemum malabaricum,
Syn:
Eranthemum malabaricum ?

Please confirm.

Regards

Prasad

prasad dash

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May 13, 2011, 3:29:55 AM5/13/11
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Dear Gurucharanji thanks a lot for correcting me.

Reagards

Prasad

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
... to me it does look like Pseuderanthemum malabaricum ... (Prasad ji please mind the typo : pesudo ... must be pseud)
For some views in my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Pseuderanthemummalabaricum&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags
Regards.

Gurcharan Singh

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May 13, 2011, 3:34:23 AM5/13/11
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Prasad ji
I am forwarding your thanks to Dinesh ji who deserves them



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prasad dash

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May 13, 2011, 3:36:51 AM5/13/11
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Sory for the typo, Dear Dineshji thanks for the identification, but i could not see the red dots on corolla. I think my specimen is lacking that character. Please validate.

Regards

Prasad

Dinesh Valke

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May 13, 2011, 3:26:12 AM5/13/11
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... to me it does look like Pseuderanthemum malabaricum ... (Prasad ji please mind the typo : pesudo ... must be pseud)
For some views in my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Pseuderanthemummalabaricum&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags
Regards.



Dinesh Valke

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May 13, 2011, 3:51:53 AM5/13/11
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... frankly, am at a loss at commenting on the presence / absence of dots ... not sure of the description put by the author.
In many identities, (the dots,) the colour of flower in general varies for many reasons, yet the plant is considered to belong to particular species.

Please let us wait for comments on this point, as well as validation of your plant being Pseuderanthemum malabaricum.
We may get to know of any other close species.

Regards.
Dinesh

JM Garg

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Apr 14, 2015, 2:16:19 AM4/14/15
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Aganosma cymosa var. elegans as per A revision of Aganosma (Blume) G. Don (Apocynaceae) by DAVID J. MIDDLETON'- Kew Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 3 (1996), pp. 455-482
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Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 14, 2021, 5:16:31 AM3/14/21
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Forwarding for ID
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Gurcharan Singh

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Forwarding for ID
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Vinay Thite

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Date/Time- Tree 28 FEB 2021, Flowers 1 on ground 28 FEB 2021, Buds 1 MAR 2021, Leaf 16 MAR 2021, Flowers 2 on ground 17 MAR2021

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Agara Lake, HSR Layout, Bengaluru. 12.923 N 77.642 E

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Urban.

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree.

Height/Length- 6 meters.

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Oval with prominent veins.  

Inflorescence Type/ Size- Bunches like grapes

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- Pentamers, two types (may be male and female)

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- If seen in future, I will report. 


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J.M. Garg

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Mar 22, 2021, 12:13:22 PM3/22/21
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Forwarding again for Id assistance please.


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Raman Arunachalam

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Mar 22, 2021, 12:54:47 PM3/22/21
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Is it  Sterculia villosa ?

We can confirm it now after the fruits come

Raman

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Vijayasankar

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Mar 22, 2021, 2:49:55 PM3/22/21
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It looks like Pterocymbium tinctorium of Malvaceae. If yes, then this would be an addition to our database!


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J.M. Garg

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Mar 22, 2021, 9:19:31 PM3/22/21
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Thanks a lot, Vijayasankar ji

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Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:379816] Re: tree at Agara Lake, HSR Layout, Bengaluru
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I am attaching two more pictures. The images of Pterocymbium tinctorium in 'Flowers of India' are quite close to my images.
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J.M. Garg

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Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:379816] Re: tree at Agara Lake, HSR Layout, Bengaluru
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It appears to me that the image shows a female flower. The seeds are not formed yet.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 7:58 AM Vinay Thite <thi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am attaching two more pictures. The images of Pterocymbium tinctorium in 'Flowers of India' are quite close to my images.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 6:49 AM J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:


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Raman Arunachalam

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I thought it looks more like some Sterculia : Pterocymbium tinctorium never seen this.
I will one day go and see the tree

Thanks for showing me new one.

J.M. Garg

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Any Malvaceae member? 

J.M. Garg

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Need  sometime  to check.  Seems to be a distinctive tree  not seen earlier in Mysore or Bangalore by me. 

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 8:48 AM M Swamy <swamy...@gmail.com> wrote:
Any Malvaceae member? 

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 9:43 PM J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Sterculia species . S.companulata ?????

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 8:49 AM M Swamy <swamy...@gmail.com> wrote:
Need  sometime  to check.  Seems to be a distinctive tree  not seen earlier in Mysore or Bangalore by me. 

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 8:48 AM M Swamy <swamy...@gmail.com> wrote:
Any Malvaceae member? 

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 9:43 PM J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

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J.M. Garg

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Thanks, Vinay ji


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I would like to add one more photo. It is showing the fruit. This photo is clicked on 23 MAR 2021. 
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J.M. Garg

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Thanks, Vinay ji

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Dear Gargji
I had been following the development of flowers on the tree at Agara Lake, namely Pterocimbium tinctorium.
I would like to share the following.

Lots of flowers were seen on the tree from 17 FEB 2022. Many of them were falling on the ground. I observed some of them but could not see even a single female flower, all were male flowers. In the first week of March, the number of flowers on the tree was greatly reduced and so the flowers falling on the ground. On 9 MAR 2022 there were few flowers on the tree. By bending one of the branches, I could reach one of the flowers. It was closed. I opened the tepals. And what a surprise, there wasn’t the usual staminal column but a gynoecium. This confirmed that it was a female flower.

I am sharing photos of the female flower. 

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