Both have ball like flowers, resembling Kadamba flower. Arguably Mitragyna parviflora is the real Kadamba associated with Krishna lore. It is native to dry rocky areas of Mathura-Vrindavan. Have leaves which resemble Mahua leaves. Kadamba has more beautiful leaves. Mitragyna flowers are fragrant. I dont know about Haldu. akbhatt
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:52 PM, santhosh kumar es < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Alok Ji, > > Haldina cordifolia was originally described by William Roxburgh which is > characteristic by the orbicular -cordate leaves, orbicular-oblong stipules, > yellow flowers and very peculiar calyx, which are 5-lobed. > > Mitragyna parviflora also described by Roxburgh remarkably different from > Haldinia cordifolia by the presence of 2 linear-oblong reduced leaves at the > base of flower head, obovate stipules, entire calyx limb etc. Leaves are > highly variable in later from orbicular, oblong,ovate or cordate hence are > not a reliable character for species delimitation. > > Santhosh > 2009/9/16 Alok Goyal <[email protected]> > >> Can anyone please tell the difference between Haldina cordifolia (=Adina >> cordifolia) and Mitragyna parviflora ? >> >> Alok >> >> >> -- >> SANTHOSH >> ----------------------------------- >> >> Dr. E S SANTHOSH KUMAR >> Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode >> Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >> Kerala, India >> www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >> Please consider your environmental responsibility:Before printing this >> e-mail, ask yourself whether you need a hard copy! >> > > > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma,Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
