Nice pictures & posting, Ashwini ji. Here are a few links with some details: http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Flora%20by%20M%20Sharfuddin%20Khan/Botanical%20Names/Rivea%20hypocrateriformis.htm, as a famine food: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/FamineFoods/ff_families/CONVOLVULACEAE.html
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Ashwini Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hi all > > Photographed this vine on campus. It had wrapped itself around a Bauhinia > tree. I did not know what it was and was taking photographs in the evening > around 6 PM. True to its name, the closed flowers bloomed in a matter of > half an hour. When it was about 6:30 and nearly dark, all flowers had > opened. Here are a few pictures. > > Common Night Glory- Rivea hypocrateriformis > > > > -- > Ashwini > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

