Dear Arati ji,
The plant in the attached photo is .................

*Abelmoschus manihot* (Linnaeus) Medikus, Malvenfam. 46. 1787. [Family:
Malvaceae]

Herbs annual or perennial, 1-2 m tall, most parts long simple-hispid and
minutely simple- or few-rayed pubescent. Stipules linear-lanceolate,
sometimes 2 on each side of petiole, 1-1.5 cm; petiole 6-18 cm; leaf blade
palmately 5-9-lobed, 15-30 cm in diam., lobes oblong-lanceolate, sometimes ±
pinnately lobed, 8-18 × 1-6 cm, sparsely long hispid on both surfaces,
margin robustly, obtusely serrate. Flowers solitary, subapical and forming
terminal raceme; pedicel 1.5-4 cm. Epicalyx lobes 4 or 5, ovate-lanceolate,
15-25 × 4-5 mm, sparsely long hispid. Calyx spathaceous, minutely 5-lobed,
nearly entire, longer than epicalyx, puberulent only, not hispid, caducous
at fruiting. Corolla yellow with purple center, ca. 12 cm in diam. Staminal
column 1.5-2.5 cm; anthers nearly sessile. Stigma purple-black,
spatulate-disk-shaped. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 4-5 × 2.5-3 cm, densely
hirsute. Seeds many, reniform, with several lines of hairs. Fl. Aug-Oct.

Regards
Tanay

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote:

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>  *Date/Time* : 17th of October, 2007/ 8.26 am
> *Location Place* : Nasik ... *Altitude* :  ... *GPS* :
> *Habitat* : Wild ... *Type* :
> *Plant Habit* : Herb ... *Height *:  ... *Length* :
> *Leaves Type *:  ... *Shape* : as seen ... *Size* :
> *Inflorescence Type* : ... *Size* :
> *Flowers Size* : about 2 inches ... *Colour* : lemon ... *Calyx* :  ... *
> Bracts* :
> *Fruits Type* : ... *Shape *:  ... *Size* :  ... *Seeds* :
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> *Other Info* :
> *Fragrance* :  ...  *Pollinator* :  ...  *Uses* :
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> Found growing by the roadside.
> Aarti
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