Bravo Usha ji indeed Uncarina grandidieri as suggested by you !! Tanay
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Usha ji. > You are on spot. Yes it is Uncarina grandidieri, also known as succulent > Sesame > > Thanks a lot again > > > -- > > 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, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dr. Singh ji: >> Even though I am very new to this group.... and not a botanist, but I >> have seen this on many occasions.... >> and just like you me too, I always thought that the flowers looked >> remarkably like Thumbergia alata. That's a vine.... and the leaves >> are different... >> >> may I take a bold step and suggest a name... I think my diagnosis is >> correct based on these two pictures.... >> its a plant colloquially called the Sesame tree. Its a member of >> family Pedaliacae, to be specific its name is >> *Uncarina grandidieri *.... originally from Madagascar... found in >> many sun-rooms in homes and hothouses in NY often grown in the same >> sort of climate control as various cacti, so your finding it in a >> cactus garden in North India seems very appropriate. >> >> Thanks for reading this. >> Usha Desai MD (aka Usha di) >> >> On Apr 13, 7:45 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 13042011GS1 tree for ID from Panchkula >> > The tree about 4 m tall was growing in Panchkula Cactus garden, leaves >> > palmately lobed, hairy especially beneath, about 8-12 cm broad, cordate; >> > flowers yellow with purplish brown eye, reminding of Thunbergia flowers >> > about 4-5 cm across, but the calyx has 5 linear teeth. Photographed on >> April >> > 9, 2011. >> > >> > -- >> > 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/ >> > >> > Dubia-tree-Panchkula cactus gdn-1.jpg >> > 257KViewDownload >> > >> > Dubia-tree-Panchkula cactus gdn-2.jpg >> > 218KViewDownload >> > > > > -- *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/
