Looks like Piper nigrum, Black Pepper flowers on the vine. The elongated, heart-shaped leaf and leaf-veins seem like P. nigrum's. Also the long row of flower buds just starting to open, imply that many fruits in the future. Heres a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper. Enlarging the pix of fruiting vines here and comparing with Geeta's pix show similarities. Also, Black Pepper vines are usually grown in shade on Betel Palms, Areca catechu, under Coconut Palms, Cocos nucifera. Perhaps, Geeta can give more detailed info regarding where the pix was shot. I am not sure if Black Pepper grows in Mumbai, but I have seen isolated plants growing in Kalyani, 80 kms north of Kolkata. The climate and habitat would be suitable at SGNP, Mumbai.
________________________________ From: geeta arun <[email protected]> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 1 October, 2009 12:32:41 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:19954] Request for ID Resending photographs of a climber. Place -- Silonda trail - Sanjay Gandhi National Park - Mumbai.-- 14th June 2009. Regards, Geeta Samant. Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
