Hi Friend Punica is seprated from Lythraceae & now comes under family Punicaceae
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:23 PM, satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__QrJWaqfjh8/SLFcYRYeslI/AAAAAAAAA1o/GlPCqiQOjAc/s1600-h/Tamhan1.jpg> > > > <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__QrJWaqfjh8/SLFcY5MFA6I/AAAAAAAAA1w/v2XOfEPqSyw/s1600-h/Lagerstroemia1.jpg> > Lagerstroemia > > <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__QrJWaqfjh8/SLFcZqz4RzI/AAAAAAAAA14/CCzQkHgNa04/s1600-h/Woodfordia+fruiticosa%28Dhayti%29.jpg> > Woodfordia > > FAMILY OF THE WEEK : LYTHRACEAE > > In India 13 genera and 50 species occur throughout tropical India. > > The common examples are pomegranate, Henna and crape myrtle. > > Vegetative characters: > > Herbs shrubs or trees. > > The important anatomical feature is the presence of bicollateral vascular > bundles in the stem. > > The leaves are usually opposite or sometimes whorled, simple and entire. > > The stipules are absent or very small. > > Inflorescence and flowers: > > The flowers are terminal and solitary or cymose or axillary solitary or in > small trichotomous cymes or in racemes or in panicles. > > The flowers are actinomorphic or sometimes zygomorphic as in Cuphea, > hermaphrodite, usually four-,six-,or eight-merous and peri or epigynous. > > Usually a hypanthium is present from which sepals petals and stamens appear > to arise. > > The sepals are four six or eight springing from the margin of the > hypanthium. The aestivation is valvate. > > The hypanthium is frequently subtended by an epicalyx of connate bracts. > The petals are as many as the sepals. The stamens are usually twice as many > as the petals and are inserted below the petals. In Punica and Lagerstroemia > they are numerous and are in many whorls. The gynoecium is two to six > carpellary and syncarpous. > > Fruits and seeds: > > The fruit is usually a capsule dehiscing transversely or by valves or > irregularly. In Punica it is a berry with a thick and leathery pericarp. The > seeds are non endospermic and with a straight embryo. In Punica the outer > seed coat becomes pulpy and it contains juice. > > Pollination and seed dispersal: > > The flowers are pollinated by bees which visit them for nectar which is > collected in lower part of the hypanthium tube. The seeds are dispersed by > wind water or by birds and animals. > > Examples: > > Lagerstroemia flos –reginae (syn) L. speciosa. (Queen crape myrtle)Tamhan > > Lagerstroemia indica(Crape myrtle) > > Lagerstroemia parviflora > > Lagerstroemia lanceolata > > Lawsonia inermis(syn)L.alba (Henna, Mehendi) > > Punica granatum(Pomegranate) > > Woodfordia fruticosa(Dhayti) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
