Clematis hedysarifolia

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Clematis hedysarifolia [locally called Bendrichi-vel] was fruiting at my farm at Shahapur today. Sending a few photographs.                    With regards,                      Neil Soares.

[Satish Phadke]

An interesting character of the Genus Clematis is nicely seen in the pictures posted.
The fruit of Clematis is called as an Achene.
The important character of Clematis is the fruit has a persistent style which is feathery and helps the dispersal of seeds by wind. You can search earlier pictures of different species of Clematis posted on the group some of them show this.
We know of persistent calyx in Brinjal Tomato etc. This is persistent style.
I would like to know from the botanists whether any other genus shows this character?(Must be quite a many)
Dr Satish Phadke

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Satish ji

The long persistent feathery style makes this plant being called Old man's beard.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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/