Dear Tabish I did check flowers of India site but this Capparis of mind is not C moonii (as you have pointed out) the leaves are not the same.
best wishes geetha On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > Doesn't look like Capparis grandis. In that plant, the leaves are > supposed to be 2-3 inches long and 1.5-2 inches wide - flowers are > supposed to be 1 inch across. So, clearly the flowers are supposed to > be smaller than the leaves. (unless my information is wrong) In > Geeta's picture, the flower is distinctly larger than the leaves > The only other caper I can think of is Capparis moonii > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Large%20Caper.html > but the leaves of Geeta's plant do not agree well with C. moonii. > So, I would wait for inputs from others. > - Tabish > > On Apr 6, 10:50 am, Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Garg ji > > I am not so sure that it is *C grandis* as most of the references i > looked > > up describes C grandis to be a tree. This is not a tree i photographed. > It > > was a shrub, a straggler. Would request some more pointers or tips for > this. > > best wishes > > geetha > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:53 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I will like to go with Dinesh ji. > > > Links for *Capparis grandis: * > > >http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=437(a<http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=437%28a>pix), > > > > > 2009/4/5 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > > > > ... just a wild guess - *Capparis grandis* > > >> Regards. > > > > >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >>> Dear Friends > > >>> This plant too is from the forests of Velliangiri Hills. This and the > > >>> earlier posted were taken on 29 March. A i have already described the > > >>> location in the earlier mail, i am not repeating it.This plant had > prickles > > > > >>> thanks and best wishes > > >>> geetha > > > > > -- > > > With regards, > > > J.M.Garg > > > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > > > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google > e-group > > > (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
