16082011-BS-001: Monocot Herb for ID from Arya PG College Panipat Haryana

[Balkar Arya]

Dear All 

Pls id this small about 20 inches high monocot herb.

Shot from Arya PG College Campus Panipat. This plant was brought from a local Nursery. Nurserymen said this was by chance came here with other plants from Dehradoon. 

leaves  were simple  about 5-6 inches and flowers about 1.5 inches. Although this is also cultivated in garden as per Nurserymen. 3 pics were shot today and 3 pics 3-4 days back. Flower was solitary.

Thanks

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Vijayasankar]

Kaempferia species of ginger family, most probably K. elegans.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Tanay Bose]

Kaempferia for sure not confident of the species

Tanay

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[Balkar Arya]

Thanks Tanay and Vijayasankar Ji

[amit chauhan]

This is K. elegans as told by Vijayshankarji

 

regards

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Dr. Amit Chauhan
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Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149
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[promila chaturvedi]

Is it Saint Paulia -African Voilets- by any chance?

Promila

[Balkar Arya]

May not be . I think it is Kaempferia only but sp have to be confirmed

[Balkar Arya]

I was thinking of 

Kaempferia pulchra

but it is synonym of K. elegans

finally K elegans

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Kaempferia elegans
Pankaj

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[Balkar Arya]

Thanks Pankaj Ji for Id confirmation