Aboli in Marathi, very common in Maharashtra
Am 08.06.2011 11:38, schrieb Gurcharan Singh:
*Crossandra infundibuliformis* (L.) Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 98 1832.
syn: /Justicia/ /infundibuliformis/ L.; /Ruellia/ /infundibuliformis/
(L.) Andrews; /Crossandra/ /nutans/ Wight ex Nees; /Crossandra/
/undulifolia/ Salisb.
evergreen shrub with ovate to lanceolate 5-10 cm long leaves,
undulate; flowers in terminal up to 15 cm long spike, corolla bright
orange with narrow 2.5 cm long tube, limb 4 cm across.
Native of South India and Sri Lanka, often cultivated in Delhi as hedge.
Photographed from Vikas Puri, New Delhi
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