And yes, this also helped me to identify my plant from Film city LA, USA, which also I had quietly identified as C. carandas, but turned out to be C. macrocarpa.
https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/31145e1ab206c491/11ab84bbbfe55caf?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Carissa#11ab84bbbfe55caf <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/31145e1ab206c491/11ab84bbbfe55caf?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Carissa#11ab84bbbfe55caf>The first two photographs from Delhi Are C. carandas but next 4 from L A as C. macrocarpa -- 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 Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Nidhan ji for keen observation and uploading this plant. I > had quietly filed it as C. carandas. > > Perhaps after reading the key in eFlora of China, there is no need to > upload my photographs. First photograph of Nidhan ji and second of Balkar ji > tell the whole story to identify it as C. macrocarpa. > > > 1Corolla lobes overlapping to left, as long as or longer than tube 1 Carissa > macrocarpa<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018363> > +Corolla lobes overlapping to right, shorter than tube. > (2)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105660#KEY-1-2> > 2 > (1)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105660#KEY-1-1> > Lateral > veins of leaf blade ca. 8 pairs; corolla puberulent inside; fruit ellipsoid, > 1.5-2.5 1-2 cm > > > > -- > 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/ > 4 Carissa > carandas<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018362> > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here are mines >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > >

