*Rondeletia odorata* Jacquin, Enum. Pl. Carib. 16. 1760. Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 2: 289. 1924; Bailey, l.c. 2980; Bor & Raizada, l.c. 95; Kirkbride Jr., l.c. 376.
Shrub, c. 1-1.5 m tall, young branches and leaves covered with setose hairs. Leaves opposite, 3-10 x 1.5-5 cm, ovate to elliptic, acute entire, sparsely hairy beneath with appressed hairs, petiole 2 mm long, stipules 5-6 mm long, persistent, deltoid. Inflorescence trichotomous of corymbose cymes, 10-30-flowered, shortly pedunculate, peduncle 3-7 mm long; bracts leafy, c. 8-12 x 5 mm, coriaceous, densely appressed hairy. Flowers 2-3 x 1-2 cm, bracteoles small, 4-5 mm long, pedicel 4-5 mm long. Calyx-lobes 6, oblong-linear, hairy, obtuse, 4.5 mm long. Corolla scarlet, lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, c. 4 mm long, mouth with a ring-like, orange, thickening of c. 4 mm in diameter. Tanay On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Kenneth and Dinesh ji > Thanks for quick identification. These photographs were lying in my folder, > casually identified as Cestrum aurantiacum. Today when observed it carefully > I noticed, it is a much different plant with opposite leaves, probably > Rubiaceae. and sent for ID. > Thanks once again. > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ... most probably Panama rose, *Rondeletia odorata*, native to Central >> America. >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fragrant%20Panama%20Rose.html >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Shrub 160510GS1 from Delhi for ID, planted in the nursery of Delhi >>> University. >>> >>> *Date/Time-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *October 28, 2009* >>> >>> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *Delhi University Nursery, 213m asl* >>> >>> *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *Cultivated* >>> >>> *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- * >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *Small shrub* >>> >>> *Height/Length-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *About 1.5 m* >>> >>> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *Simple, opposite, up to 5 cm long * >>> >>> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *Umbellate Cymes* >>> >>> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *orange, 7-9 mm across* >>> >>> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *not Seen* >>> >>> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-* >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
