Dear Tanay, I am familiar with Lady's Finger...those flowers are Lemon coloured and not Pink. will send a picture taken at Maharashtra Nature Park in a diff post. These were seen growing wild. Aarti
On Mar 25, 10:01 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Arati Ji, > the plant in the attached photo is .............................. > > *Abelmoschus esculentus* (Linnaeus) Moench, Methodus. 1: 617. 1794. [ Common > name: Bhindi, Okra, Lady's finger] > > Synonym; *Hibiscus esculentus* Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 696. 1753; *H. > longifolius* Willdenow. > > Herbs annual, 1-2 m tall, most parts with very sparse prickly hairs. Stem > often hollow. Stipule filiform, 7-10 mm, sparsely hirsute; petiole 7-15(-35) > cm, long hirsute, often with pubescent adaxial groove; leaf blade palmately > 3-7-lobed, (5-)10-30 cm in diam., lobes broad to narrow, sparsely hirsute on > both surfaces, margin sparsely dentate and emarginate. Flowers solitary, > axillary. Pedicel (0.5-)1-2(-5) cm, sparsely strigose. Epicalyx lobes > 7-10(-12), filiform, 5-18 × 1-2.5 mm, sparsely hirsute. Calyx campanulate, > 2-3 cm, densely stellate puberulent. Corolla yellow or white with dark > purple center, 5-7 cm in diam.; petals obovate, 3.5-5 × 3-4 cm. Filament > tube 2-2.5 cm. Capsule cylindric to tower-shaped, 10-25 × 1.5-2(-3) cm, long > beaked, sparsely strigose. Seeds dark brown or gray, globose to reniform, > 5-15 per locule, (3-)4-5(-6) mm, striate, minutely warty. > > Regards > Tanay > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > *Date/Time* : 13th of October, 2009/ 2.11 pm > > *Location Place* : Shahapur,Maharashtra ... *Altitude* : ... *GPS* : > > *Habitat* : Wild ... *Type* : > > *Plant Habit* : Herb ... *Height *: 3-4 feet ... *Length* : > > *Leaves Type *: ... *Shape* : as seen ... *Size* : > > *Inflorescence Type* : ... *Size* : > > *Flowers Size* : about 2 inches ... *Colour* : light pink ... *Calyx* : > > ... *Bracts* : > > *Fruits Type* : ... *Shape *: ... *Size* : ... *Seeds* : > > > *Other Info* : > > *Fragrance* : ... *Pollinator* : ... *Uses* : > > > Found growing in the wild by the roadside.There were many of them. > > Is this Jangli Bhendi? > > Aarti > > > -- > > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > 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)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
