Yes Badri Narayan ji I hope you are right In addition to clawed petals, C. monophylla has 6 stamens as against 10-12 with filiform filaments in C. simplicifolia.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Dr. Badri Narayanan T < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr Santhoshji and friends, > Photo of Cleome simplicifolia depicted in Foi has petals which are not > clawed whereas the petals in the photo that I had sent are clawed. > The photos that I had sent seem to be similar to that of Cleome monophylla > as shown in Shrikantji's Further Flowers of Sahyadri. This sp of Cleome is > apparently called Spindle pod in Africa > Seems to have been discussed earlier in efloraofindia based on postings > from Ranjiniji and Nayanji > Please help me in arriving at a possible diagnosis. > Regards, > Dr. Badri > On Mar 19, 2013 10:47 AM, "Dr Santhosh Kumar" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Cleome simplicifolia >> >> Santhosh >> >> On 18 March 2013 21:23, Dr. Badri Narayanan T <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> Greetings from Madurai.! >>> >>> Please identify this plant details of which are as follows: >>> >>> Date : 18.11.12 >>> >>> >>> Location :Sidharkal Natham, Nagamalai hills , near Madurai >>> >>> Altitude :500 to 700 ft >>> >>> Habitat :wild rocky hillock >>> >>> Habit :herb >>> >>> Height :1 to 2 ft >>> >>> Leaves :as shown >>> >>> Flowers :infloresence >>> >>> Fruits :,not seen >>> >>> >>> >>> Local name :do not know >>> >>> Regards’ >>> >>> Dr T. Badri Narayanan >>> >>> Ophthalmologist and Birder >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> SANTHOSH >> ------------------------------------------ >> Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) >> Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode >> Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >> Kerala >> India >> www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >> >> Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA >> NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself >> before printing this email !!! >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
