ID request-280211-PKA1

Prashant awale

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Feb 28, 2011, 11:24:43 AM2/28/11

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Dear Friends,

I had seen this Climber at Gorai Creek as a Mangrove associate. Climber was leafless with Green fruits.

Date/Time: 26-02-2010 / 05:30PM
Location: Gorai, Mumbai
Habitat: Wild
Plant Habit: Climber

regards
Prashant

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Vijayasankar

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Feb 28, 2011, 12:59:02 PM2/28/11

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Tinospora crispa, I suppose.

Regards

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

shrikant ingalhalikar

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Feb 28, 2011, 7:59:08 PM2/28/11

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Looks like Smilax ovalifolia but rather strange to find in mangrove.
Regards, Shrikant

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Pardeshi S.

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Feb 28, 2011, 11:44:33 PM2/28/11

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it is
Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merrill in Sunyataesia 1: 193, 1934;
Almeida, Fl. Mah. 1: 25, 1996; Sharma et al, Fl. Mah. St. 184, 2000;
Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP 89, 2005.
Synonyms: T. malabarica Meirs. in Ann. Hist. ser. 2, 7: 38, 1851;
Hook. f. & Thoms. in Fl. Brit. India 1: 96, 1872; Cooke, Fl. Pres.
Bombay 1: 19, 1958
i have observed it at Gorai creek. whole plant is tomentose with brown
hairs.

satish pardeshi

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 1, 2011, 5:31:10 AM3/1/11

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To me leaves look much different from Tinospora sinensis (syn: T. malabarica).

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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/

Satish Phadke

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Mar 1, 2011, 5:39:28 AM3/1/11

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I was accompanying Prashantji on that trail. The climber had no leaves ...only fruits with some new roots developing near the node adjacent to it. The leaves are of different plant.
Dr Phadke

satish pardeshi

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Mar 1, 2011, 5:50:07 AM3/1/11

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the leaves in the pic are of Avicennia marina.

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EACH ONE.... PLANT ONE...

Satish Pardeshi
Plant Taxonomist

Mumbai, Pune

Neil Soares

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Mar 1, 2011, 5:52:57 AM3/1/11

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Hi,

Agree with Dr. Pardeshi. This is T. sinensis. Sending a photograph taken at my farm in May 2009 for comparison.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

--- On Tue, 3/1/11, Satish Phadke <drsmp...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Satish Phadke <drsmp...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:63884] Re: ID request-280211-PKA1
To: "Gurcharan Singh" <sing...@gmail.com>
Cc: "Pardeshi S." <satishp...@gmail.com>, "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 4:09 PM

I was accompanying Prashantji on that trail. The climber had no leaves ...only fruits with some new roots developing near the node adjacent to it. The leaves are of different plant.
Dr Phadke

Tinospora sinensis, T. malabarica fruit.jpg

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 1, 2011, 7:49:22 AM3/1/11

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Neil ji and Satish ji

Thanks for clearing my doubts.

--
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/

Prashant awale

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Mar 2, 2011, 12:44:58 AM3/2/11

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Dear Gurcharan Singh ji,

Satish Phadke ji has rightly said, this climber had no leaves ...only fruits with some new roots developing near the node adjacent to it. The leaves are of different plant, (Avicennia as stated by Satish Pardeshi ji ).

Thanks Satish Pardeshi ji, Neil ji, Vijayasankar ji for the ID.

regards

Prashant

snehal patel

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Mar 2, 2011, 8:04:16 AM3/2/11

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dear all,

there are two things in photos.

1. a climber with fruits and

2. the leaves of Avicenia marnia.

the climber is Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Synonyms :
Menispermum malabaricum Lamk.

Tinospora malabarica (Lamk.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Tinospora tomentosa (Colebrok.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Regards,

Snehal Patel

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