191111PD02_Flora of Orissa_ For ID

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prasad dash

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Nov 19, 2011, 5:49:43 AM11/19/11
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Dear members sharing the image for identification

Is this Buchnera ?

Place of collection: Pradhanpat water fall, Deogarh ditrict, orissa
Date of collection: 16/11/11
Altitude: 700 m above msl
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild, near perennial hill stream (moist deciduous forests)
Description: Height-20-50 cm, hairy herb, leaves opposite, decussate,  margine dentate, flower in auxiliary spikes, sesile, bluish to bluish pink, calyx tubular, 5 lobed, corolla tube slender tubular, 5 lobed, regular to sub regular, capsule oblong-ovoid, closely invested by the calyx.


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Prasad
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Prasad Kumar Dash
Ecologist, Orissa, India
email: prasad....@gmail.com
ph. 09437444241
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Prashant Awale

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Nov 19, 2011, 10:57:05 AM11/19/11
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Yes Prasad ji, to me it looks like Buchnera hispida  (Family: Scrophulariaceae).

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Prashant

Satish Phadke

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Nov 20, 2011, 5:18:52 AM11/20/11
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Yes Buchnera hispida.
I have observed it flowering last month till few days earlier near Pune in grass lands.
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Dr Satish Phadke

prasad dash

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Nov 21, 2011, 1:08:44 AM11/21/11
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Many thanks Mani ji for appreciation. Thanks a lot Prashant Ji and Satish Sir for the ID.

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Prasad
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