This Kamini no doubt very common hedge plant in Kolkata gardens and also I has it with me in my terrace garden couple of years back !! Tanay
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Promila ji > Yes Kamini is commonly used name for this plant, other names being Mar: > Pandari, kunti, marchulajuti; Tel: Nagagolunga, karepaku; Tam: Konji; Kan: > Angarakana, gida, pandry; Oriya: Ban mallika, harkankalli; Eng: Orange > jessamine. > > Yes M. exotica L., now considered as synonym of correct name M. paniculata > (L.) Jack. by majority of authors including eflora of Pakistan, GRIN website > > Flora of China, however, treats them distinct, although differences are > minor: > > M. exotica > M. paniculata > > Trees to 8 m tall > Shrubs or trees, 1.8-12 m tall > Leaflets elliptic-obovate or obovate, 0.5-3 cm broad > Leaflets suborbicular, to ovate to elliptic, 1.5-6 cm broad > Leaves 3-7-foliate > Leaves 2-5-foliate > Sepals 1.5 mm > Sepals 2 mm > Petals white, oblong, 1-1.5 cm. > Petals white, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, to > 2 cm. > Fruit broadly ovoid, 8-12 × 6-10 mm. > Fruit orange to vermilion, narrowly ellipsoid or rarely > ovoid > > Interestingly if we treat them as distinct species the above plant would > belong to M. paniculata, and what I have photographed from Delhi is M. > exotica. I am uploading the photographs for comparison. > > > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(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.
