Request for ID: 230310-AK-2

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
>

> DSCN6353.JPG
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> DSCN6366.JPG
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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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