Plant for ID : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 111012 : AK-1

[Aarti S. Khale]

A cultivated, potted plant at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 29/12/2007.

Name given by a staff was Vajradanti but on searching, it seems to be a wrong id.

Id please.

Aarti 

[Umeshkumar Tiwari]

This is Baliospermum montanum.

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Umesh ji,

That was a very quick id to my post!

Thank you.

Regards,

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

I think it should be Baliospermum calycinum rather than Baliospermum solanifolium, as per details herein.

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[Tapas Chakrabarty]

That's right Garg ji. B. calycinum.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Tapas ji.

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

On second thought, B. calycinum is restricted to North east India. Hence this will be a robust flowering form of B. solanifolium.

[Aarti S. Khale]

Thanks a lot Tapas Ji and Garg Ji for the correction.

Regards,

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Tapas ji,

Aarti ji plant is cultivated.

Inflorescence is different as per keys in Flora of China and FoC Illustration  FoC Illustration 2

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

Please consult the key given in Fl. India vol. 23.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Tapas ji.

But it is not accessible on net.

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[Tapas Chakrabarty]

I had sent soft copy to all of you!

[J.M. Garg]

Yes, Tapas ji,

I am not able to find it now in my laptop.

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Tapas ji,

Keys from Flora of India Vol. 23:

1 a. Plants dioecious; upper leaves not appreciably smaller than leaves of lower nodes; inflorescences leafless; male disc glands distinct; ovary glabrous or sparsely pubescent; fruits depressed, not intruded at apex, 5 - 8 x 9 - 10 mm 1. B. calycinum
b. Plants mostly monoecious; upper leaves often appreciably smaller than leaves at lower nodes; inflorescences leafy; male disc glands connate into a cup; ovary tomentellous; fruits often turbinate-obovoid, intruded at apex, 8 - 10 x 11 - 13 mm 2. B. solanifolium

After pursuing the illustrations in Flora of India, I feel it is Baliospermum calycinum 

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

Okay Garg ji