It is Tarenna asiatica only. Ixora leucantha is a very different plant Santhosh
On 31 August 2010 10:13, Navendu <navendu.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks more like Ixora leucantha which is found in such dry areas and > low elevation scrub forests. Tarrena asiatica is a high elevation > plant of the evergreen forests. > > navendu > > On Aug 30, 10:44 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tarenna asiatica indeed Vijaya ji > > tanay > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes Muthu, it is Tarenna asiatica. > > > > > With regards > > > > > Vijayasankar > > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >> Dear all, > > >> please help to identify this Rubiaceae shrub. Could this be *Tarenna > > >> asiatica*? or any other species? > > > > >> *Date/Time-* > > > > >> 26-08-2010 / 01:00 PM > > > > >> *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* > > > > >> Moyar valleyt; ca. 300msl; TN > > > > >> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > > > >> barren hillock; wild > > > > >> *Plant Habit-* > > > > >> shrub > > > > >> *Height/Length-* > > > > >> Up to 2.5 metre > > > > >> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > > > >> ca.5 X 12cm; acute apex; > > > > >> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* > > > > >> terminal thryse > > > > >> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > > > > >> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * > > >> ca.1cm across > > > > >> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * > > > > >> -- > > >> Muthu Karthick, N > > >> Junior Research Fellow > > >> Care Earth Trust > > >> Chennai - 61 > > >>www.careearthtrust.org > > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > > Department of Botany > > University of British Columbia > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 > -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com
