Stictocardia beraviensis . No doubt about it. On Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 12:09 Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forwarding for ID > Distributed as Stictocardia beraviensis ? > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/convolvulaceae/stictocardia/stictocardia-beraviensis-1> > Group discussion at > Covolvulaceae Week - Bangalore - RA - Stictocardia tiliifolia - Spotted > Heart (google.com) > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/mGAmIvOjalg> > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> > Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 8:43:21 PM UTC+5:30 > Subject: Covolvulaceae Week - Bangalore - RA - Stictocardia tiliifolia - > Spotted Heart > To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > I rarely take pictures of any plants other than trees. > These are the some of the climbers I took. > > > Spotted Heart is a large woody climber found in the seashore thickets and > forests. Leaves broadly ovate to circular, 6-20 long and 5-20 cm wide, > heart-shaped at the base, with a short blunt tip. Leaves have some > glandular spots on the upper surface, which inspired the common name > Spotted Heart. In fact, the genus name Stictocardia also stands for spotted > heart. Flowers are borne in clusters of 1-3 in leaf axils. Sepals are > circular with a rounded tip. 1.2-1.8 cm long, much enlarged in fruit and > then up to 4-5 cm long. Flowers are funnel-shaped, 8-10 cm long, reddish > purple with a darker center, or reddish with a yellowish center. Ovary is > hairless, filaments hairy at base. Easily identified by the capsule > enclosed by enlarged sepals, 2-3.5 cm in diameter. Seeds 8-9 mm long, black > to dark brown, velvety. Spotted Heart is native to India and SE Asia, > introduced in America. Flowering: August-October. > > > More pictures in > > file:///home/veveo/MyDropBox/Flora%20and%20Fauna/Plants%20of%20Bangalore/Stictocardia%20-%20Spotted%20Heart/Spotted%20Heart.html > > Raman > > -- > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f3a27514-5c52-4bfd-aa93-6fafb9c0107cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f3a27514-5c52-4bfd-aa93-6fafb9c0107cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CACeZjXgBPOmzCD2dk2j0W58r_%3DEwzgQLE56JX4%2B%3DFi-CepSfKA%40mail.gmail.com.
