Vijayasankar ji ... am assuming your query: "I would like to know from where you photographed those pictures." is addressed to Shrikant ji.
Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Shrikant ji, for the picture. The other species, C.brevispina, is > quite different and should not be confused by the yellow band in petals, i > learnt. Thanks also to Giby for distinguishing these two species. > > Gamble quotes the distribution of C. brevispina as "...usually near the > coast" which matches with my observation of this in sacred groves of > Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest type (also inhabiting Capparis rotundifolia > and C. zeylanica) near Villupuram in TN. So its presence in MH (evergreen > forests?) needs to be verified i think. This sp is not dealt by Cooke. > > Dinesh ji, according to Gamble there are 4 species dealt in FPM having > white flowers with yellow tinge, that confused us. (pl note Shrikant ji's > observation is 'pale blue' in C. rheedii, a form of cultivated one?) I would > like to know from where you photographed those pictures. Like us, Wallich > and Hooker were also confused this but to C. zeylanica. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:08 AM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I could not attach in the earlier 'Capparis in Jijamata Udyan' >> thread. This is C. rheedei DC. syn. C. heyneana Wall. that is found along >> streams in thick shady evergreen forests of western ghats. The branches are >> spinous, leaves are 10-15 cm long and flowers are 10-12 cm and pale blue. >> Plant in Mumbai garden differs greatly from this plant of W. ghats. >> >> Shrikant Ingalhalikar >> 12 Varshanand Society >> Anandnagar Sinhagad Road >> Pune 411 051. www.idsahyadri.com >> Tel 91 20 2435 0765. >> Fax 91 20 2438 9190. >> >> <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> > > >
