solena amplexicaulis

[prasanna gogate]

DEAR ALL

 THIS IS USE FOR WORSHIP IN OUR REGION FOR NAGPANCHMI FESTIVAL, ACCORDING TO COMMON NAME I HAVE FIND NAME solena amplexicaulis PLEASE VALIDATE.
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regards,

PRASANNA PADMAKAR GOGATE

sr.Msc(forestry)

Dr.BSKKV,DAPOLI

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AT-GIMHAVANE

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[Smilax004]

I think Solena amplexicaulis of Cucurbitaceae family.


Regards,
Giby

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[Neil Soares]

Hi Prasanna & Dr.Giby,     Agreed. Flowering generally occurs between August and October, but this year it commenced early in June and ended abruptly around the 3rd week of July. Sending a few photographs.     Please also check the archives of this group for my previous photographs of the leaves, flowers & fruit.                           Regards,                             Neil. --- On Thu, 8/4/11, Smilax004 <giby.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Giby Kuriakose]

Neil ji,

Thank you very much for the valuable information. It seems that you are collecting a good data on phenology as well. That is great!

Thanks for sharing valuable information on the early flowering. Do you think that the early flowering is because of early onset of monsoon and good amount of summer showers. 

Further, the series of pictures are very nice depicting most of the characters of the pretty climber. The amplexicaul leaves (leaves having lobes that completely surround the stem.) are clearly visible in the second and last pictures.

Regards,

Giby

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[prasanna gogate]

thanks to all for nice co operation

[Neil Soares]

Thanks Dr. Giby. You could be right. This year the monsoons arrived early and has been pretty heavy in the catchment areas with 3 of the 5 lakes supplying water to Bombay already overflowing.    Currently awaiting mass flowering of the Glory Lily [Gloriosa superba].                    Regards,                    Neil Soares. --- On Thu, 8/4/11, Giby Kuriakose <giby.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Balkar Arya]

Nice pics Neil Ji and Prasanna Ji

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

[JM Garg]

I think it should be Solena heterophylla Lour. subsp. heterophylla as per DeWilde_Solena_Blumea2004 (1).pdf