Shantanu ji, beautiful hibiscus. In our area China rose is Chini gulab or Office time (Portulaca).
Regards, Mani. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi > a snap of China rose taken at Narendrapur... > it seems to be a hybrid variety. > > there is one species of China rose that grows in the wild in Narendrapur > and south 24 parganas...the flower is crimson, with rough papery petals, and > the corolla is very narrow. > We call it Lonka Joba in Bengali...because it resembles the red chilly in > shape and colour. > Lonka is the Bengali term for Chilly...and Joba for China rose. > I will post the pics of that flower soon.... > > regards > Shantanu : ) >
