Please check bracts are pilose <http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/747475#page/140/mode/1up> which differs the *nilotica* from *infundibuliformis*. *C. nilotica* Oliv. should be 1 ft high, with woody downy stem, pale pink or scarlet coloured flowers having the lower petal largest of all <http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=36008>.
Thank you Regards On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:40 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > efi page on Crossandra nilotica > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/crossandra/crossandra-nilotica> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Date: 26 March 2015 at 16:10 > Subject: [efloraofindia:219231] Acanthaceae Fortnight : Crossandra > nilotica For Validation : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 26MAR15 : AK-10 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Picture taken in Dec,2007 at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai, during my earlier > visits to the garden. > I feel this could be Crossandra nilotica, going through Neha Singh Ji's > post. > Experts, kindly have a look and validate, although I don't have pictures > of the leaves. > Aarti > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
