Interesting to note the distribution pattern of this plant across India Tanay
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for information Mahadeswara ji, very rarely grown in Delhi. > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very common plant in Karnataka. This plant is cultivated in almost all >> house in Mysore for flowers. Even in Chennai the plant is >> cultivated. The flowers are also sold in the market. >> >> On Mar 31, 6:58 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > *Crossandra* *infundibuliformis* (L.) Nees, N. Wallich, Pl. asiat. rar. >> > 3:98. 1832 >> > Cultivated shrub; leaves narrow-ovate to lanceolate leaves, 6-12 cm >> long, >> > undulate, acuminate, petiole short; flowers scarlet-orange in dense >> spikes, >> > bracts large and imbricate; calyx 5-lobed, irregular; corolla tube >> slender, >> > 2 cm long, limb split on one side to form 5-lobed lip, 2.5-3 cm across. >> > >> > Commonly cultivated as hedge or in corners. Photographed in Delhi on 22 >> > March, 2011 >> > >> > Common nanes: Firecracker flower >> > >> > -- >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > Retired Associate Professor >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > Crossandra-infundibuliformis-Delhi-1.jpg >> > 187KViewDownload >> > >> > Crossandra-infundibuliformis-AK-Delhi-2.jpg >> > 300KViewDownload >> > >> > Crossandra-infundibuliformis-AK-Delhi-3.jpg >> > 239KViewDownload > > > > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
