Flower for ID 071011SC4

Shobha Chavda

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Oct 7, 2011, 9:17:39 AM10/7/11

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Request for ID – 071011SC4

Dear Friends

Posting a photo for Id of flower

Date / Time – 18.09. 2011 / 11.00 am.

Location – Place – Kakuli Lake,Badalapur (Near Kalyan),Maharashtra

Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Wild

Regards,

Shobha

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 7, 2011, 9:26:49 AM10/7/11

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Shobha ji, the flowers' spike (usually seen pendulous) reminds me of Dioscorea bulbifera ♀ ... the vegetative growth seen among the flower spikes is popularly known as air potato OR air yam.
The leaves of the climber are probably not seen here, please confirm.

Regards.
Dinesh

Tanay Bose

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Oct 7, 2011, 9:30:34 AM10/7/11

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Yes to me it also looks like Dioscorea bulbifera ♀ as Dinesh Ji

suggested

Tanay

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Balkar Singh

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Oct 7, 2011, 9:45:20 AM10/7/11

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Yes Dioscorea bulbifera

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Neil Soares

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Oct 7, 2011, 1:32:25 PM10/7/11

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Hi,

Agree with Dinesh. This is Dioscorea bulbifera [Kadu Karanda]. An upturned leaf is seen in the right forefront. Please check the archives of this group for my photographs of the flowers,fruit & bulbils of this.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

--- On Fri, 10/7/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Bulbil of Dioscorea bulbifera 1.jpg

Bulbil of Dioscorea bulbifera 2.jpg

Bulbil of Dioscorea bulbifera 3.jpg

Bulbil of Dioscorea bulbifera 4.jpg

H S

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Oct 8, 2011, 12:36:23 AM10/8/11

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Yes Dioscorea bulbifera

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shobha chavda

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Oct 8, 2011, 12:58:16 PM10/8/11

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Thanks Dineshji,Tanay,Balkarji,Neil and H S
Shobha

On Oct 8, 9:36 am, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes Dioscorea bulbifera
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> regards,
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> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Agree with Dinesh. This is Dioscorea bulbifera [Kadu Karanda]. An upturned
> > leaf is seen in the right forefront. Please check the archives of this group
> > for my photographs of the flowers,fruit & bulbils of this.
> > With regards,
> > Neil Soares.
>

> > --- On *Fri, 10/7/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>* wrote:

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> > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:86486] Flower for ID 071011SC4
> > To: "Shobha Chavda" <koa...@gmail.com>
> > Cc: "indiantreepix" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
> > Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 6:56 PM
>

> > Shobha ji, the flowers' spike (usually seen pendulous) reminds me of *Dioscorea
> > bulbifera* ♀ ... the vegetative growth seen among the flower spikes is

> > popularly known as air potato OR air yam.
> > The leaves of the climber are probably not seen here, please confirm.
>
> > Regards.
> > Dinesh
>

> > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Shobha Chavda <koa...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koa...@gmail.com>

Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 8, 2011, 1:18:32 PM10/8/11

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Yess Dioscorea bulbifera. Twig is actually broken from top and some
insect eaten leaves are visible.
Pankaj

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