DV - 26AUG10 - 0921 :: ¿ Nepalese / Chinese ? Persicaria

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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 7, 2010, 8:11:04 AM9/7/10
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Dear friends,
Please help in knowing whether the plant is Persicaria nepalensis / P. chinensis (syn. Polygonum auriculatum).
In the cropped pictures, we see the leaves with winged petioles ... is that characteristic to P. nepalensis ?



Date/Time : August 26, 2010 at 9.21am IST
Location Place : Tableland, Panchagani
Altitude : about 1323 m (above mean sea level)
GPS : around 17°55'19.63"N, 73°48'16.60"E

Habitat : grassland
Type : moist

Plant
Habit : small herb, groundcover
Height : about 30 - 40 cm
Length : - not a climber -

Leaves
Type : simple, with margin coarsely crenate
Shape : between ovate and deltoid,
Size : about 6 - 7 cm x 3 - 4 cm

Inflorescence
Type : clusters in topmost leaf axil
Size : about 10 - 15 mm

Flowers
Size : about 4 - 5 mm
Colour : white
Calyx : do not know
Bracts : - no bracts -

Fruits
Type : do not know
Shape : do not know
Size : do not know
Seeds : do not know


Other Info
Fragrance : do not know
Pollinator : do not know
Uses : do not know

 



Regards.
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Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 7, 2010, 8:53:54 AM9/7/10
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P. nepalensis (syn: P. alatum)


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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 7, 2010, 9:24:58 AM9/7/10
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Thank you very much, Gurcharan ji for the ID.
Regards.

tanay bose

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Sep 7, 2010, 1:06:35 PM9/7/10
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Persicaria nepalensis
indeed
tanay

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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 22, 2010, 2:27:59 AM9/22/10
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Gurcharan ji and all ... in the cropped picture (P1240455_cropped.jpg), we see the leaves with winged petioles ... is that characteristic only to P. nepalensis compared to P. chinensis ?
Regards.



On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 22, 2010, 12:30:14 PM9/22/10
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Dinesh ji
I don't think P. chinensis has winged petiole, although petiole base has auricles sometimes, moreover inflorescence is more or less panicles, the perianth fleshy and enlarged in fruit.





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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

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