I am confused about what is being discussed here. If it is these yellow trumpet-shaped, flowers, which are part of the post, they look like *Merremia umbellata* http://botany.cz/en/merremia-umbellata/ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Yellow%20Hogvine.html http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MEUM Tabish
------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:38 PM, JM Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > The original reference for Ipomoe clarkei, Flora of British India, > describes I. clarkei as having ovate-lanceshaped leaves. Leaves are deeply > heart-shaped at the base, with a long pointed tip. It does not say anything > at all about the leaves being 3-lobed. Also the flowers are described as > being more than 1 inch in size, larger than Ipomoea > obscura flowers, which many people would have seen: > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Obscure%20Morning%20Glory.html (I > sometimes get very irritated with botanists for not mentioning a simple > thing like the color of the flower!) > Now I am sure Niel's flowers are less than 2 cm (Neil, do let me know > if it is otherwise). Also, the leaves are sometimes entire-heart- shaped > and sometimes 3-lobed. Which makes me strongly believe it to be Ipomoea > triloba. Maybe foreigners (exotics) have infilitrated Neil's property > without him realizing it! ;-) > Coming to Pravin's flower, the leaves seem to agree with the > description if I. clarkei quite well, but the flowers *appear to be* large. > Pravin, do you remember the approximate size of the flowers? The sepals of > I. clarkei are supposed to be narrow, linear - a bud in Pravin's pic does > show narrow linear sepals. > I am very keen to know the identity of Pravin's flower - if it is > indeed an Ipomoea, it would be the only yellow Ipomoea I know! > Best wishes > - Tabish > The flower size is aprox. 2 inches > Thanks > Pravin > > > > > On Saturday, 26 September 2009 11:05:38 UTC+5:30, Pravin wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Flowers of Ipomoea clarkei >> Marathi name Sonpungali >> At Kanakeshwar >> 26/09/2009 >> Thanks >> >> >> DSC06613.JPG >> DSC06611.JPG >> DSC06618.JPG >> >> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. >> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
