Talimkhana flower-200111MN

mani nair

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Jan 20, 2011, 5:42:50 AM1/20/11

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Dear friends,

Sending photos of Talimkhana flower.

Name : Hygrophila auriculata

Family : Acanthaceae

Common name : Marsh barbel (English) Talimkhana (Hindi)

Others : Seen in marsh land.

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Mani.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jan 20, 2011, 6:02:26 AM1/20/11

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Thanks for nice photographs. Heard a lot about this plant, but never seen it.

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mani nair

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Jan 20, 2011, 6:05:51 AM1/20/11

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Thanks Gurcharan ji for your appreciation. I forgot to type the place : It is from a marsh land in Dombivli near to our house.

Regards.

Mani.

tanay bose

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Jan 20, 2011, 8:14:09 AM1/20/11

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Nice cath seen in bengal too

tanay

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Nidhan Singh

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Jan 20, 2011, 9:05:18 AM1/20/11

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Dear All,
This plant is common in marshy places in our area too,this is
Hygrophila auriculata I suppose.
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Dr. Nidhan Singh
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Satish Phadke

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Jan 20, 2011, 9:22:26 AM1/20/11

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I was knowing it as Hygrophila schulli. On checking it on GRIN it is the synonym and as written by Mani ji Hygrophila auriculata is the accepted name. Am I right?
Attaching my pictures taken near Kaas plateau.
Dr Phadke

Talimkhana Hygrophilla schulii.jpg

Madhuri Pejaver

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Jan 20, 2011, 9:32:45 AM1/20/11

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In Marathi called as Kate korant

Madhuri

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jan 20, 2011, 11:57:58 AM1/20/11

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Perhaps the correct name needs to be explored further, since after the publication of Kew Plant List, it would be advisable to follow this list for all plants in our database. GRIN considers Hygrophila schulli M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida as illegitimate as well as superfluous name, and as such correct name as H. auriculata (Schum.) Heine. Kew list, however, recognises both as independent accepted names. If so, how are two differentiated, and what is above plant?

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Ritesh Choudhary

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Jan 20, 2011, 8:01:42 PM1/20/11

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Thanks Maniji for showing this beautiful plant. But what is the
meaning of 'Talimkhana'? Or is it Taal-Makhana?

waiting to hear from you.

Regards,
Ritesh.

Rashida Atthar

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Jan 22, 2011, 12:43:48 AM1/22/11

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Thanks Mani ji and Satish ji for the beautiful pictures. Respondig to Dr. Gurcharan ji's query - I would like to state the following reference I did

for Hygrophila schulli. Dr Almeida's flora Vol IV A ,pg :51 has given the valid name for the pictures posted as Hygrophila schulli ( Buch.-Ham) Almeida & Almeida. Published in Journal of Bombay natural history society. 83 (suppl.) 221, 1986. One of the synonym being H. auriculata (Sch.) Heine. Published in Kew Bull. 16:172,1962.

As mentioned by Sir, Kew plant list considers Hygrophila schilli (Buch.-ham) Almeida and Almeida as valid. The morphological detailed description in the flora completely matchedsthe plants posted. The most prominent charactersitics being that of sharp yellow spines 2.5- 4 cm long in the leaf axils. Flowers in whorls of 8 ( in 4 pairs) at each node, bracts about 2.5 cm long, like the leaves, lanceolate, hairy and ciliate....corolla purple -blue....

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Rashida.

Gurcharan Singh

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Jan 22, 2011, 5:14:13 AM1/22/11

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eFlora of Pakistan gives following local names for H. auriculata

Talmakhana, gokula. kanta, gokshura

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Rashida Atthar

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Jan 22, 2011, 6:58:40 AM1/22/11

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Sir, one more common name for the plant under discussion, forgot to mention earlier is Kolsunda besides Talimkhana, as mentioned in Dr. Almeida's flora.

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Rashida.

mani nair

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Jan 23, 2011, 12:27:37 AM1/23/11

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Ritesh ji, I also do not know the meaning. It is a medicinal plant. It is also called by the name Talam Khana.

Regards,

Mani.

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