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efloraofindia:''For Id 21092011MR3’’ herb with light purple spiked inflorescence Pune

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Madhuri Raut

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Sep 21, 2011, 12:03:18 AM9/21/11
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   Request for identification


Date/Time-Sep 2011


Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune


Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild


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


Height/Length- about 4-5 cms


Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-green


Inflorescence Type/ Size- spiked with light purple and whitish flowers I think


Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-I can see some yellow dot like structures on the leaves I do not know if they are seeds


Regards

Bhagyashri

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Tanay Bose

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Sep 21, 2011, 12:42:27 AM9/21/11
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Amaranthus retroflexus?
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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Sep 21, 2011, 1:33:48 AM9/21/11
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To me this looks like Amaranthus viridis.
Pankaj


On Sep 21, 12:42 pm, Tanay Bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Amaranthus retroflexus?
> Tanay
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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >    Request for identification
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> > Date/Time-Sep 2011
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> > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune
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> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild
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> > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb
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> > Height/Length- about 4-5 cms
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> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-green
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> > Inflorescence Type/ Size- spiked with light purple and whitish flowers I
> > think
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> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-I can see some yellow dot like structures on
> > the leaves I do not know if they are seeds
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> > Regards
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> > Bhagyashri
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> *Tanay Bose*
> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
> Department of Botany.
> University of British Columbia .
> 3529-6270 University Blvd.
> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
>            604-822-2019 (Lab)
>            604-822-6089  (Fax)
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Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 21, 2011, 2:20:16 AM9/21/11
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I think, most probably, Amaranthus viridis. 


Regards,
Giby

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Dr. Shiddamallayya Mathapati

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Sep 21, 2011, 3:14:08 AM9/21/11
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Hope this is Amaranthus viridis
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(A unit of C C R A S,
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Satish Phadke

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Sep 21, 2011, 3:19:36 AM9/21/11
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Amaranthus viridis
Commonly observed growing in open areas in Pune.
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Dr Satish Phadke

Madhuri Raut

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Sep 21, 2011, 5:26:40 AM9/21/11
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Thank you Tanayji,Dr.Pankaj,Gibyji,Dr. Shiddamallayya and Dr Phadke
Some interesting info 

Myth, legend and poetry

The word amaranth comes from the Greek word amarantos, meaning "unwithering". The word was applied to amaranth because it did not soon fade and so symbolized immortality. "Amarant" is a more correct, albeit archaic form, chiefly used in poetry. The current spelling, amaranth, seems to have come from folk etymology that assumed the final syllable derived from the Greek word anthos ("flower"), common in botanical names.

Aesop's Fables (6th century BC) compares the rose to the amaranth to illustrate the difference in fleeting and everlasting beauty:

A Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden,
and the Amaranth said to her neighbour,
"How I envy you your beauty and your sweet scent!
No wonder you are such a universal favourite."
But the Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice,
"Ah, my dear friend, I bloom but for a time:
my petals soon wither and fall, and then I die.
But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut;
for they are everlasting."

Or in story form:

An amaranth planted in a garden near a Rose-Tree, thus addressed it: "What a lovely flower is the Rose, a favorite alike with Gods and with men. I envy you your beauty and your perfume." The Rose replied, "I indeed, dear Amaranth, flourish but for a brief season! If no cruel hand pluck me from my stem, yet I must perish by an early doom. But thou art immortal and dost never fade, but bloomest for ever in renewed youth."
Not all amaranth plants are cultivated. Most of the species from Amaranthus are summer annual weeds and are commonly referred to as pigweeds.[28] These species have an extended period of germination, rapid growth, and high rates of seed production[28] and have been causing problems for farmers since the mid-1990s. This is partially due to the reduction in tillage, reduction in herbicidal use and the evolution of herbicidal resistance in several species where herbicides have been applied more often.[29] The following 9 species of Amaranthus are considered invasive and noxious weeds in the U.S and Canada: A. albusA. blitoidesA. hybridusA. palmeriA. powelliiA. retroflexusA. spinosusA. tuberculatus, and A. viridis.[30]

Regards
Bhagyashri
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