Just out of curiosity, why is it called Jungle GERANIUM? Pankaj
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Shantanu ji > It is after a long time a true specimen of I. coccinea with sessile clasping > leaf bases and acute petal tips. There seems to be a lot of mixing up in the > internet with riot of colours in almost all species, lot of confusion with > I. chinensis (typically leaves not with clasping sessile base, obtuse > petals), and many specimens with petioled leaves, sharply acute petals and > long tube really belonging to I. casei. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi >> sharing few pics of the Jungle Geranium (Ixora coccinea). >> >> Ixora, Flame of the Woods, Jungle Flame, or Jungle Geranium is a bushy, >> rounded shrub that has long been a popular hedging plant in the subtropical >> regions of Florida. Ixoras freely produce loose, corymb-like cymes, 2-5" >> across of red, orange, pink, or yellow flowers. Available in a number of >> cultivars, this plant is a member of the Rubiaceae family which includes the >> Coffee plant and Gardenia. >> >> Shantanu Bhattacharya. >> >> > > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
