Many thanks Surajit ji for sharing this plant. Thanks to Garg ji for resurfacing the post. Thank you very much Radha for the clarification related to *I. polyantha*and *I. finlaysoniana*.
There are interesting posts in group's archive - there have always been doubts about its ID - ranging from *I. pavetta* to *I. polyantha* to *I finlaysoniana*. Regards. Dinesh On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 8:55 AM, radhaveach <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Surajit, > > If you read the descriptions of Ixora polyantha in Cooke's Flora or in > Talbot's Forest Flora of Bombay Presidency and Sind and compare them to the > Flora of China description of Ixora finlaysoniana you will have all the > answers. > > The obvious differences which can be seen in a photograph are as follows: > 1. I. polyantha is a much smaller shrub. > 2. It thrives in a moist forest environment and not surrounded by > buildings. > 3. I. polyantha flower heads are slightly flatter and less rounded. > 4. In .I polyantha the branches of the cyme are covered in dense white > hairs. This can be clearly seen when the flowers are in bud. > 5. The leaves of I polyantha have extremely short petioles and often the > leaves are sessile. Its leaves also appear more wrinkly than the flat > leaves of the cultivated plant in your pics. > 6. In I. polyantha the fruits are bright red and even before they are ripe > you can see red calyx lobes at the base of the wilting flowers. *This is > a very noticeable feature. > * > Santhosh Kumar has quite recently posted a clear photo of I polyantha > which should clear your doubts. > > As far as I remember I. polyantha is also fragrant. > > I apologise if my previous reply cause some frustration. > > Requesting experts to add their comments. > > regards > Radha > > > > On Friday, May 10, 2013 9:59:35 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >> >> Dear Radha Ji. >> >> *Thank you very much.* But, why don't you think it is *Ixora polyantha* ? >> I have two queries - >> 1) Is *I. polyantha* fragrant? >> 2) How do you differentiate the two species? >> I searched, but - https://groups.google.com/d/** >> msg/indiantreepix/W-AS4OWhx1U/**OLriIyMe4iYJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/W-AS4OWhx1U/OLriIyMe4iYJ> >> >> Toptropical, Dave's, The Plant List conflict with each other. So does FoC >> or FoP. >> >> *Thank you once again.* >> *Regards,* >> surajit >> >> >> On Friday, 10 May 2013 15:05:35 UTC+5:30, radhaveach wrote: >>> >>> I don't think this is Ixora polyantha. >>> >>> Please see this efi post: >>> https://groups.google.com/**forum/#!searchin/**indiantreepix/Rubiaceae$ >>> **20Week$3A$20Ixora$**20finlaysoniana$20Wall.$20ex$** >>> 20G.$20Don$20from$20Delhi/**indiantreepix/p_O-MPwW9O8/**MnVH4bqpQigJ<https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Rubiaceae$20Week$3A$20Ixora$20finlaysoniana$20Wall.$20ex$20G.$20Don$20from$20Delhi/indiantreepix/p_O-MPwW9O8/MnVH4bqpQigJ> >>> >>> From this it seems that the commonly cultivated Ixora in many gardens is >>> *Ixora finlaysoniana* Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 572 1834 >>> >>> regards >>> Radha >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:32:14 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >>>> >>>> Sir, >>>> >>>> This is a tree with highly scented big flowers. It cannot be *I. >>>> parviflora* Vahl (*I. pavetta* >>>> Andr.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242423581>), >>>> neither *I. undulata* Roxb. >>>> Photos were taken on 06-April-2013, in Hooghly. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
