Ok I understand my mistake now. This is Malpigia punicifolia. Thanks a lot for sharing and for the info provided by all. Pankaj
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:22 PM, C KUNHIKANNAN <[email protected]> wrote: > Please se two photographs of Malpigia punicifolia growing in our > Botanical garden > kunhikannan > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: >> This low growing plant was full of flowers which looked like miniature >> Lagerstroemia indica flowers. >> It is blooming now in Chennai after the rains. >> >> The last two pics were taken in July and show the whole plant and its >> berries. >> Thanks, >> Padmini Raghavan. > > > > -- > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > Division of Biodiversity, > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. > -- *********************************************** "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

