I have worked very hard to try and id this myself. ..but I am not a botanist, just a keen amateur. I loved those green square stems so interesting
To me the globose /spherical heads of flowers on stalks remind me of a 3 shrubs/trees. Button bush ..............Cephalanthus...... ..............in Rubiaceae...however leaves always seem to be opposite. Paper mulberry.........Broussonetia......................in Moraceae.....leaves are alternate. London Plane tree ...Platanus x hispanicain .... in Platanaceae..I discounted these as they are just North hemisphere. Broussonetia so far seems to be leading in the right direction. In i naturalist I found Broussonetia kazinoki...in Ecuador. But there is very little on www about it. https://ecuador.inaturalist.org/taxa/470727-Broussonetia-kazinoki Someone in the world will surely recognise my mystery shrub/tree On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 7:39:47 PM UTC Plantaholic Sheila. wrote: > Thank you for your thoughts Mr Garg. > However, I do not believe it is Lamiaceae . > The leaves of which emerge oppositely, each pair at right angles to the > previous one (decussate) or whorled . > Mystery shrub has alternate leaves. > > > On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 4:38:10 PM UTC JM Garg wrote: > >> Appears to be from Lamiaceae like Phlomis? >> >> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 21:18, Plantaholic Sheila. <plantaho...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> [image: 001 04-04-2019 10-48-58.JPG][image: 001 04-04-2019 >>> 10-49-05.JPG][image: >>> 001 04-04-2019 10-49-10.JPG][image: 001 04-04-2019 10-49-36.JPG][image: >>> 001 04-04-2019 10-50-01.JPG][image: 001 04-04-2019 10-50-05.JPG]My >>> humble apologies. >>> It has been so long since I posted here I have forgotten what to do. >>> I saw this shrub on Isla de la Plata. Ecuador. >>> Part of Machalilla National Park. >>> On 4th April 2019...just 6 pics >>> >>> I have tried since than to id it...with no joy. >>> Please may I seek the assistance of the world wide experts that help >>> here to id this very distinctive plant. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f54acb4e-9131-4110-a567-58e29067526dn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f54acb4e-9131-4110-a567-58e29067526dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > -- 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/3cafa515-9945-4d43-bcb8-1c209a4ea875n%40googlegroups.com.
