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Aarti S. Khale

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Mar 23, 2010, 4:06:08 AM3/23/10
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Date/Time : 21st of October, 2008/ 9.52 am.
Location Place : Tea garden, Munnar ... Altitude :  ... GPS
Habitat : Wild ... Type :
Plant Habit : Herb ... Height : small plant ... Length
Leaves Type :  ... Shape : ... Size
Inflorescence Type :  ... Size
Flowers Size :  ... Colour : red ... Calyx :  ... Bracts
Fruits Type :  ... Shape :  ... Size :  ... Seeds

Other Info :
Fragrance :  ...  Pollinator :  ...  Uses
 
Found these growing wild in a tea garden at Munnar.
Aarti

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Tabish

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Mar 23, 2010, 7:20:07 AM3/23/10
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Thickhead (Crassocephalum crepidioides)
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Thickhead.html
- Tabish

On Mar 23, 1:06 pm, "Aarti S. Khale" <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  *Date/Time* : 21st of October, 2008*/ 9.52 am.*
> *Location Place* : Tea garden, Munnar ... *Altitude* :  ... *GPS* :
> *Habitat* : Wild ... *Type* :
> *Plant Habit* : Herb ... *Height *: small plant ... *Length* :
> *Leaves Type *:  ... *Shape* : ... *Size* :
> *Inflorescence Type* :  ... *Size* :
> *Flowers Size* :  ... *Colour* : red ... *Calyx* :  ... *Bracts* :
> *Fruits Type* :  ... *Shape *:  ... *Size* :  ... *Seeds* :
>
> *Other Info* :
> *Fragrance* :  ...  *Pollinator* :  ...  *Uses* :


>
> Found these growing wild in a tea garden at Munnar.
> Aarti
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tanay bose

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Mar 23, 2010, 8:44:16 AM3/23/10
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dear Arati ji,
I will support Tabish Ji whole heartedly this plant is indeed Crassocephalum crepidioides
Regards
Tanay


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R. Vijayasankar

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Mar 23, 2010, 1:04:39 PM3/23/10
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Dear Aarti ji, have tried to smell the flower-heads? just pick a young one, slightly crush and smell.
With regards

R. Vijayasankar
National Center for Natural Products Research,
The University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS-38677, USA.
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