This is very interesting, probably the first post in eFI history (as far as I remember) seeking ID of a plant depicted in historical sculptures!
The side-views of the flowers somewhat resemble the flowers of *Couroupita guianensis* (or a member of Annonaceae??), but the top view looks different. I am eager to know the id, too. Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 7:01 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for Id assistance please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kirit Mankodi <[email protected]> > Date: 21 June 2014 15:23 > Subject: Photo of a Bharhut Tree > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: Anna Pinto <[email protected]> > > > Dear Sir, > > I am writing to you after viewing your botanical photographs in Wikipedia. > > Can you identify this flowering tree from Bharhut in central India, > please? I will be much obliged. > > Thank you. > > K. Mankodi > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> > Get your own *FREE* website, *FREE* domain & *FREE* mobile app with > Company email. > *Know More >* > <http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://businessemail.rediff.com/email-ids-for-companies-with-less-than-50-employees?sc_cid=sign-1-10-13___&cmp=host&lnk=sign-1-10-13&nsrv1=host> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
