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Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy

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Sep 21, 2011, 1:18:35 AM9/21/11

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Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. request.

Date/Time-Location- July, 2011, NBNP Garden

Place, Altitude, GPS- Thuvaipathy Village Anaikatii P.O, Coimbatore Dist.

Habitat- Garden

Plant Habit- Climber

Seed pod length 3- 4 inch.

Thanks

B. Rathinasabapathy
Project Co-ordinator
Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park
1388, Avinashi Road
Peelamedu
Coimbatore-641004

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Sep 21, 2011, 1:31:20 AM9/21/11

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Seems like Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult. which is now known
as Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida.
Regards
Pankaj

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Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 21, 2011, 2:13:15 AM9/21/11

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Yes I agree with Pankaj, this is Cryptolepis dubia.

Regards,

Giby

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Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 21, 2011, 2:22:29 AM9/21/11

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Thanks Pankaj ji for helping in identification of climber we had photographed from Morni in April. I hope it is the same. I am uploading here for confirmation.

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Cryptolepis-dubia-Morni-1.jpg

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Pankaj Kumar

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Sep 21, 2011, 2:25:08 AM9/21/11

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Oh, I am sure, you already had known this.
Nice to know about your trip.
Regards
Pankaj

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Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 21, 2011, 2:35:31 AM9/21/11

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Dear Sir,

I am doubtful about whether the second picture belongs to C. dubia.

I think the venation and the leaf shape (especially leaf base) is not that of Cryptolepis dubia.

Kindly clarify.

Regards,

Giby

Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 21, 2011, 3:12:02 AM9/21/11

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Thanks Giby ji for pointing out

I hope third photograph leaves do belong to C. dubia. Kindly confirm.

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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/

Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 21, 2011, 3:14:42 AM9/21/11

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I was doubtful about the second picture only and I think the leaves in the third picture belongs to C. dubia

Regards,

Giby

Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 21, 2011, 3:22:53 AM9/21/11

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Thanks again I saw the photographs and found that out of 10 photographs I had 4 belonged to second photograph. Could it be Vallaris solanacea?

Frankly I am poor with tropical and subtropical trees, shrubs and climbers.

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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/

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 21, 2011, 5:18:27 AM9/21/11

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... Cryptolepis-dubia-Morni-2.jpg is not Cryptolepis dubia for same reason put by Giby ji.
Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 21, 2011, 6:41:53 AM9/21/11

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Yes Dinesh ji

I had agreed on this in my last two mails. Could it be Vallaria solanacea, as I asked in last mail?

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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/

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 21, 2011, 6:54:38 AM9/21/11

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... not confident about it being Vallaris solanacea, Gurcharan ji ... but quite a good possibility ... the leaves look close to those in my photostream.
Regards.
Dinesh

Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 21, 2011, 7:55:52 AM9/21/11

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I too am not confident enough to conclude that the second picture is of Vallaris solanacea.

Regards

Giby

Nidhan Singh

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Sep 21, 2011, 10:07:47 AM9/21/11

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Dear Sirji,
Leaves in the second picture do look like that of Vallaris solanacea. I will try to find out and upload photos of Vallaris from the same area in separate mail .

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Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
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