A reply: "In Choudhry's book on tropical garden plants (?) the various species of B. are given very clearly. My personal view is that It is very difficult to provide identification based on photographs, which are often deceptive."
On 27 October 2010 17:37, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID confirmation > Earlier feedback > Kenneth........................................................Brownea sp. > Tanay, Dinesh ji............................................Brownea > coccinea > Pardeshi ji...................................................The Genus is > Brownea for sure but it* is not B. coccinea*. the leaves are much smaller > of this species. > Promila ji.....................................................It *could > be Brownia grandiceps. > > * > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alok Goyal <[email protected]> > Date: 3 September 2010 11:03 > Subject: [efloraofindia:46359] ID pls > To: [email protected] > > > the plant was clicked from bangalore during my recent trip (24th > August-30th August, 2010). it was drizzling and the temperature was around > 24-25 degree C. the branches bore a brown felt and the leaves were glabrous. > > Flowers reddish in color and the fully opened inflorescence was of the size > of a large fist. the flowers were slightly fragrant and pretty fragile. > > Alok > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1420 members & > 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 species on > 30/9/10) > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1420 members & 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 species on 30/9/10)
