DV :: 31MAR11 - 0447

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,
ID please.

A small - medium sized tree, sighted from long distance in low light.
Not sure whether the tree is in fruiting OR flowering.

Date/Time : March 31, 2011 at 4.47pm IST
Location Place : Kodagu Valley Resort, Coorg ... 12.441958, 75.717025 (on Google maps)
Altitude : 3690 ft (above mean sea level)



Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Resurfacing again for ID

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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/

[Vijayasankar]

This could be Vernonia arborea.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Vijayasankar ji for the lead.
Regards.
Dinesh.

[H S]

Yes even i guess Vernonia, (may be V. acuminata, pls check correct name for the same)

regards,

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 - H.S.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone

[Dinesh Valke]

Many many thanks HS.
My photos are all low-light-long shots making it difficult for all of us to ID.
Will wait for comments.

Regards.
Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“This could be Vernonia arborea.  
Regards   
Vijayasankar Raman”              

                

“Yes even i guess Vernonia, (may be V. acuminata, pls check correct name for the same)
regards,--

 - H.S.”

 

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Date: 9 April 2011 23:34
Subject: [efloraofindia:66808] DV :: 31MAR11 - 0447
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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Vijayasankar ji and HS.
One of my flickr-facebook contacts, Balakrishnan VC is positive about the posted plant being Vernonia arborea ... facebook.

Regards.
Dinesh