Forwarding for ID Distributed as Tabernaemontana divaricata ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/apocynaceae/tabernaemontana/ervatamia-coronaria-1> Group discussion at 010309 GI Request id (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/dAIU0E38ZDE>
On Monday, March 2, 2009 at 11:28:41 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > Hi everyone > I looked up Tabernaemontana divaricata at the Flowers of India site > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Crape%20Jasmine%20Flore%20Pleno.html > The site describes it as Crape jasmine, Carnation of India, Chandni चांदनी > (Hindi), நந்தியார்வட்டை Nandiar vattai (Tamil), Sagar (Gujarati), Ananta > (Marathi) but not as "Pinwheel jasmine" although description says,"The > usual variety has pinwheel shaped five-petal flowers" > > The நந்தியார்வட்டை Nandiar vattai (Tamil name) plant that i know and have > seen at several places did not grow as tall as the one i photographed. I > photographed this from outside the compound wall ( wall of considerable > height- close to 15ft.) The plant was a few feet well above and clear of > the compound wall. I presumed it to be a tree. Perhaps it was a tall shrub? > Will check this fact out during my next visit. > > Second question is this -Tabernaemontana divaricata that i have known have > white flowers whose petals are 5 in number and clearly visible in the > pinwhell fashion; > then there is one where the petals are many ( in layman's term- 'double' > and for horticulturists it's i think 'Flore Pleno'). > So is this a third variety? > > If you look up the image at this site( from USA) it looks something even > more different. > > http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id56016/ > > > Convinced it is *Tabernaemontana * is it *divaricata* ? > The FRLHT's site mention several species but images were not available. > > So friends please help and clarify. > > cheers > geetha > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Doesn't match google image pics of Tabernaemontana divaricata, "Pinwheel >> Jasmine, but I may be wrong. >> >> rakesh >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Barry Stock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I believe it is Tabernaemontana divaricata, "Pinwheel Jasmine", in the >>> Apocynaceae. >>> >>> -bs >>> >>> >>> On Feb 28, 2009, at 11:54 PM, Padmanabhan Geetha wrote: >>> >>> > Dear Friends >>> > Request id for this tree photographed last month growing inside the >>> > campus at the foothills of >>> > Velliangiri hills, Coimbatore. Flowers were high up and hence close >>> > shots were not possible with my camera. >>> > >>> > thanks and best wishes >>> > geetha >>> > >>> > > >>> > <P2080040 profile.jpg><P2080040 flower.jpg><P2080040 fruit.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b32081df-1f73-4bc6-aa11-161ba389d688n%40googlegroups.com.
