This is Malpigia punicifolia only, as identified by Sri Inghalekarji. There are a few varieties of this plant and hence the leaves are variable.
--- On Mon, 6/12/10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:53305] shrub for id please To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Cc: "Padmini Raghavan" <[email protected]>, "C KUNHIKANNAN" <[email protected]>, "Mahadeswara Swamy" <[email protected]>, "Shrikant Ingalhalikar" <[email protected]>, "tanay bose" <[email protected]>, "satish phadke" <[email protected]>, "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 6 December, 2010, 12:11 PM Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback: “This is certainly not a Lagerstroemia, as flowers are said to be miniature. It does resemble Lagerstroemia but that was just a hint. Stamens can be seen about 10 and not many. It is Malpighia sp, the Barbados Cherry. It may be M. emarginata or M. glabra. Regards, Shrikant” “I checked the pics on the net and it seems to match those of Malpigia punicifolia. Many thanks for the id help. Regards, Padmini Raghavan.” “We have the collection of Malpigia punicifolia in our botanical garden. Please check it further before confirming as Malpigia punicifolia. leaves and fruits are different from the Malpigia punicifolia kunhikannan” ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> Date: 5 November 2010 00:39 Subject: [efloraofindia:53305] shrub for id please To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> 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. -- 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 1460 members & 55,000 messages on 29/11/10 & with a database of around 4300 species on 31/10/10)
