Identification required.- Help me to identify this herb

[J.M. Garg]

Help me to identify this herb. 

Location:Kulgam, jammu and kashmir- from Shakir ji

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[J.M. Garg]

Marselia minuta- from Paradesi ji

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes M. minuta

[Shakir Ahmad (Amateur Taxonomist)]

Thank you sir

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Shakir ji

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[J.M. Garg]

This is Marsilea minuta, a common plant of  damp fields, rice-fields, and ponds.  To confirm the identity you need to show the sorocarps, which are borne on the lower-growing, smaller, non-aquatic plants,  But it is no problem as only M. minuta is in northern India, including  J. & K..

In the past such plants were often mistaken for the European M. quadrifolia, which is not present in India - but that has a quite different position of the sorocarps - on the lower leaf-petiole, as opposed to in the axil of the petiole and basal stem.

It's also edible.

Chris Fraser-Jenkins.

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[J.M. Garg]

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From: Shakir Ahmad (Amateur Taxonomist) <saadiks...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun, 2021, 8:52 am
Subject: Re: Identification required.- Help me to identify this herb
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

I will try to get sorocarps of possible

Regards,
Shakir Ahmad.
M.sc  Botany.
Department of Botany,
School of Life sciences,Central University of Kashmir,Ganderbal, J&K, India
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[satish...@yahoo.com]

Thanks everyone.

Regards

Satish Nikam