Dear Thiruvengadamji, This is Gordonia sp. I have seen G. excelsa in Meghalaya which is very rare. But not sure about species in South.
Beutiful flower indeed!! -Swapna On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram < [email protected]> wrote: > Friends > The picture was taken in Coorg, in the month of Dec.2008. I was told, > that this flower is Wild prime rose. > I was also told that all flower will fall during night time . > But I took this photo at 3.00 p.m. Around ten flowers I found in the tree. > Please give correct ID > > > > -- Dr. Swapna Prabhu Systematic Botanist/ Taxonomist Bombay Natural History Society Hornbil House, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg Dr. Salim Ali Chawk Mumbai - 400 001. India. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

