amit uid 1 12072011

[amit chauhan]

Dear all,

 

Sending photos of a malvaceae member. The photograph was taken at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. About 2 m tall and growing on bunds near cultivated fields. Other details as in photos.Kindly help in identification.

 

regards

--
Dr. Amit Chauhan
Junior Technical Assistant
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149
ph.05944 234445
mob.+919412161087
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[Vijayasankar]

Abelmoschus ficulneus, perhaps.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Ushadi micromini]

Dont know the binomial name...
but your photos show what is known as
'Shobuj tok dhedosh ' in bengali...
ie green sour bhindi....

once in a while one old woman even sells it in my supermarket..

Trying to discover its name I had found this, last year ...
" from wikipedia: English: A wild white Roselle plant growing
on the bank of Irrawaddy River near Kamma, Magway Division, Myanmar.
Date 30 March 2008 Source Own work Author Mgba,
his photograph is at this link:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Wild_Roselle_Plant_Growing_On_the_Bank_of_Irrawaddy_River_Myanmar.jpg"

his picture is exactly like yours...
and Mr garg's pictures of leaves ...couldn't tell, but his gree n
bhindi
fruits are uncannily like yours...

DID YOU TASTE THEM? ARE THEY SOUR or SOURISH?

USha di
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On Jul 12, 7:19 pm, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Abelmoschus ficulneus, perhaps.
>
> Regards
>
> Vijayasankar Raman
> National Center for Natural Products Research
> University of Mississippi
>

> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:52 AM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
>
> > Sending photos of a malvaceae member. The photograph was taken at
> > Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. About 2 m tall and growing on bunds near cultivated
> > fields. Other details as in photos.Kindly help in identification.
>
> > regards
>
> > --
> > Dr. Amit Chauhan
> > Junior Technical Assistant
> > Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre,
> > Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
> > 263149
> > ph.05944 234445
> > mob.+919412161087

> > mail: amitci...@gmail.com
> > amitci...@rediffmail.com
> > amit.chau...@cimap.res.in

[amit chauhan]

Thanks Vijayshankarji I too think its Abelmoschus ficulneus ! and Ushadi i have not tasted its fruit but I will than I will tell you.

 

regards

mail: amit...@gmail.com
amit...@rediffmail.com
amit.c...@cimap.res.in

[amit chauhan]

Hi,

 

Can somebody check and provide distribution of the same in India

 

regards

[Balkar Arya]

It is also Found in Haryana, if not mistaken

Attaching some pics of mine

pls validate

--
Regards

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

[Vijayasankar]

Thanks Balkar ji, for the nice pictures.
But your plant looks different, and it may be Fioria vitifolia (= Hibiscus vitifolius).

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Balkar Arya]

Pls look at these also

[Vijayasankar]

This may be a variant/variety of A. ficulneus.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Balkar Arya]

Thanks Vijaysankar ji

[amit chauhan]

Thanks Balkarji and Vijayshankarji for providing the information but I have to check its distribution in Uttarakhand

 

regards

[JM Garg]

These images appear close to images at Abelmoschus manihot subsp. tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Borss.Waalk.