Dear Shobha Ji, This Plant is *Vinca major* *Linnaeus*, Sp. Pl. 1: 209. 1753. [ Family Apocynaceae] Herbs to 1 m tall, flowering stems to 30 cm. Leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or broadly ovate, 2-9 X 2-6 cm, base truncate or subcordate, margin ciliate with hairs 0.1-1 mm; lateral veins to 5 pairs. Pedicel 3-5 cm. Sepals narrowly triangular, ca. 9 mm, densely ciliate. Corolla bluish purple, tube 1.2-1.5 cm, limb 3-5 cm in diam., lobes obliquely truncate. Anthers short, applanate, apex puberulent. Follicles spreading, ca. 5 cm. Fl. Mar-May. 2*n *= 92.
Regards Tanay On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:18 PM, shobha chavda <[email protected]> wrote: > Halo Everybody, > > Attaching a flower photo for Id. > > > Request for ID – 210310SC1 > > > > Date / Time – 17 th Jan. 2010 / 6.57 pm > > Location – Place /Altitude / GPS – Nuwara Eliya,Sri Lanka. About > 8000ft.above sea-level > > Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Garden > > Plant Habit – Tree/Shrub / Climber /Herb – Herb > > Height /Length – About 1.5 ft. > > Leaves Type / Shape / Size – Obovate. > > Inflorescence Type /Size – > > Flowers Size /Colour /Calyx – petals lavander. > > Fruits Type /Shape /Size / Seeds – > > Other Information like Fragrance,Pollinator,Uses etc – > > > Kindly help in identifying. > > Thanx, > > Shobha > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
