identity of the herb please?

Yazdy Palia

unread,

Oct 2, 2010, 5:07:40 AM10/2/10

to indiantreepix

Dear Friends, Could someone identify the little herb with white flowers.
Date & Time 1 October 2010
Location: Place, Altitude, GPS Chethalayam, Wayanad.
Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type: Wild
Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb herb
Height, Length.
Leaves Type, Shape, Size
Inflorescence Type Size
Flowers Size Colour Calyx Bracts-
Fruits Type, Shape, Size Seeds
Other Information like Frangrance, Pollinator, Uses.
Regards
Yazdy

You have been sent 1 picture.

DSCN3452.JPG

These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google.
Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/

DSCN3452.JPG

shrikant ingalhalikar

unread,

Oct 2, 2010, 6:18:20 AM10/2/10

to efloraofindia

I guess (from a long shot) this to be Spermacoce ocymoides of
Rubiaceae. Regards, Shrikant

> DSCN3452.JPG
> 138KViewDownload

J.M. Garg

unread,

Oct 23, 2010, 12:08:53 PM10/23/10

to efloraofindia, Yazdy Palia, Shrikant Ingalhalikar, Dinesh Valke, Dr. Santhosh Kumar

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“I guess (from a long shot) this to be Spermacoce ocymoides of
Rubiaceae. Regards, Shrikant”

--

With regards,
J.M.Garg (jmg...@gmail.com)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1
'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'
The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image.

For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1400 members & 50,000 messages on 10/10/10 & with a database of around 4100 species on 31/8/10)

DSCN3452.JPG

Pankaj Kumar

unread,

Oct 23, 2010, 1:18:14 PM10/23/10

to J.M. Garg, efloraofindia, Yazdy Palia, Shrikant Ingalhalikar, Dinesh Valke, Dr. Santhosh Kumar

Riccardia sp., Rubiaceae?
Pankaj

--
***********************************************
"TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"

Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

Gurcharan Singh

unread,

Nov 5, 2010, 7:59:00 PM11/5/10

to efloraofindia

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“I guess (from a long shot) this to be Spermacoce ocymoides of
Rubiaceae. Regards, Shrikant”

Riccardia sp., Rubiaceae?
Pankaj

--
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/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Yazdy Palia <yazdy...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 2:07 AM
Subject: [efloraofindia:49217] identity of the herb please?
To: indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>

DSCN3452.JPG

C KUNHIKANNAN

unread,

Nov 8, 2010, 1:54:48 PM11/8/10

to Gurcharan Singh, efloraofindia

yes it is Spermacoce ocymoides not Richardia.
kunhikannan

--
Dr. C.Kunhikannan,
Division of Biodiversity,
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
Forest Campus, R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu.

Pankaj Kumar

unread,

Nov 8, 2010, 2:14:27 PM11/8/10

to C KUNHIKANNAN, Gurcharan Singh, efloraofindia

Thanks for the correction. My apologies for the misidentification. But
it was Rubiaceae :)
Pankaj

--

Reply all

Reply to author

Forward