In Malayalam, Kanakambaram Vijayadas
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:30 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > > -- *Vijayadas **Electro Saudi Services Ltd. * *Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210 Riyadh -11462 , KSA *
