Dear Tanay and Nidhan Singhji and Gurcharan ji: Thank you for appreciation...the name Sesame tree always intrigued me ... never having seen fruits develop on these trees where they grow, being inside hothouses, there aren't natural pollinators available I guess.... so it would be interesting to find out what happens in Panchkula where its growing in open air. Usha di
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:03 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > >
