Thanks, Kunhikannan ji. But the keys at *Factsheet* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fkeyserver.lucidcentral.org%2Fweeds%2Fdata%2F080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01%2Fmedia%2Fhtml%2FCryptostegia_grandiflora.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHmaT938xyTv1JNDQnXBuRgALL0zg> go against *Cryptostegia grandiflora*
On 7 February 2016 at 17:10, C Kunhikannan <[email protected]> wrote: > *It is Cryptostegia grandiflora* > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:56 AM, JM Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think it should be *Cryptostegia madagascariensis* >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fkeyserver.lucidcentral.org%2Fweeds%2Fdata%2F080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01%2Fmedia%2Fhtml%2FCryptostegia_madagascariensis.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFP1SVjk2GzPzK6J1wCnq8v80WVUg> >> as >> per differences given in *Factsheet* >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fkeyserver.lucidcentral.org%2Fweeds%2Fdata%2F080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01%2Fmedia%2Fhtml%2FCryptostegia_grandiflora.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHmaT938xyTv1JNDQnXBuRgALL0zg> >> as >> below: >> >> Rubber *vine* >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#vine> >> (*Cryptostegia grandiflora*) is very similar to a closely related >> *species* >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#species> >> that is known as purple rubber *vine* >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#vine> >> (*Cryptostegia madagascariensis >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/Cryptostegia_madagascariensis.htm> >> *). It is also relatively similar to the garden plant known as purple >> allamanda (*Allamanda blanchetii*). These *species* >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#species> >> can be distinguished by the following differences: >> >> - rubber *vine* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#vine> >> (*Cryptostegia grandiflora*) has *oppositely arranged* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#oppositely+arranged> >> leaves >> with slightly reddish or purplish-coloured stalks (i.e. *petioles* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#petioles>) >> and *midribs* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#midribs>. >> Its younger branches and leaves are always hairless (i.e. *glabrous* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#glabrous>), >> its flowers are usually pale pink in colour with a much deeper coloured >> throat, and its paired fruit are commonly each more than 10 cm long. >> >> - purple rubber *vine* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#vine> >> (*Cryptostegia madagascariensis >> >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fkeyserver.lucidcentral.org%2Fweeds%2Fdata%2F080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01%2Fmedia%2Fhtml%2FCryptostegia_madagascariensis.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFP1SVjk2GzPzK6J1wCnq8v80WVUg> >> *) has *oppositely arranged* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#oppositely+arranged> >> leaves with yellowish-green coloured stalks (i.e. *petioles* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#petioles>) >> and *midribs* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#midribs>. >> Its younger branches and leaves may sometimes be slightly hairy (i.e. >> *puberulent* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#puberulent>), >> its flowers are usually uniformly bright pink or purplish in colour, and >> its paired fruit are always each less than 10 cm long. >> >> >> - purple allamanda (*Allamanda blanchetii*) has its leaves arranged >> in *whorls* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#whorls> >> of three or more along its stems (i.e. they are *verticillate* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#verticillate>). >> Its younger stems and leaves are somewhat hairy (i.e. *pubescent* >> >> <http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/glossary.htm#pubescent>), >> its flowers are usually uniformly bright pink or purplish in colour, and >> its rounded fruit are rarely seen. >> >> On Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 9:31:47 PM UTC+5:30, Shubhada Nikharge >> wrote: >> >> Request id of this plant >>> >>> I saw this plant in the last week of June 2010 in Tadgaum, Gujrat >>> >>> Habitat- Urban >>> >>> Plant Habit- It was a scandent shrub. >>> >>> Height - 15 ft. >>> The plant had latex. >>> i have attached the pics of leaves, bark, twigs, flowers and fruits. >>> Cheers, >>> Shubhada >>> >>> >>> "I am only one; but still I am one. 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