Yes Garg ji all morphological features fit *Carissa congesta* and the description at the flowers of India site fits exactly with the plant i saw and phtographed. the climbing habitat a similarity with Bougainvillea is very striking. Thank you geetha
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:55 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Stepen ji, for the feedback. > But from pictures of *Carissa spinarum* at FOI: > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Karanda.html, Geetha > ji's photos appear to be matching only with photos of *Carissa* *congesta*, > I posted earlier. > > 2009/4/7 Stephen A <[email protected]> > > >> I second Dr. Neils' point of view. >> It could be Carissa spinarum. >> >> Regards, >> >> Stephen... >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends >>> Posted is a hardy climber found on the road side ( foothills of the >>> forest) as well as on the hills of Velliangiri.Very mild fragrance. >>> Photographed last month. Request id >>> thanks and best wishes >>> geetha >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Think about the Environment before printing this e-mail! ΓΌ >> +----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------+ >> Think B4U Print >> 1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg CO2 in the atmosphere >> 3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water >> +----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------+ >> "Lets Protect What We Enjoy" >> > > > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
