Gurcharan ji, Frankly, I don't even know what fusiform means - most of us in this group are not botanists. However, I am unable to see any significant different between the leaves and flowers in your picture, and those in the links that I had sent. Or may be this one: http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/view.asp?chkbox=9994 Am I missing something? - Tabish
Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Tabish, you have a keen eye, keep it up > > Jacobinia species are now placed in genus Justicia. Eflora of pakistan > describes Justicia tinctoria. Flora of Guetemala and Ecuador describe both > J. spicigera and J. tinctoria. Former has fusiform unopened corolla and > ovate leaves, latter narrowly funnelform corolla and elliptic leaves. Ours > matches with J. tinctoria. I hope you will agree. > > > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi > India > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tabish" <[email protected]> > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 11:37 PM > Subject: [indiantreepix:17226] Re: Jacobinia tinctoria ID 300809GS2 > > > > Looks very much like Justicia spicigera: > http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/image/?q=060810-8490 > http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/37345/ > could not find any images of Jacobinia tinctoria or Justicia > tinctoria on the web. > - Tabish > > On Aug 30, 6:56 pm, "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jacobinia tinctoria ID 300809GS2, cultivated and naturalised in Ridge > > forest, Delhi > > > > Not in our database > > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College > > University of Delhi, Delhi > > Indiahttp://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > > > > jacobinia-tinctoria.jpg > > 452KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
