Beautiful flowers, no doubt... BUT.... ANOTHER FOUL WEED... this was new to me... so I googled it... this is what I learned...in very very short... its a weedy problem of great significance.... Horrified at what I found...
Originally from Madagascar, was most likely imported because of its beautiful flowers... escaped from gardens, and is now a weed of horrific importance.. Its seedpods are prolific, producing up to 800+ seeds each, they fly off when pods open, remain viable for up to a year, germinate in moist soil, riverbanks in two weeks, in areas with at least 400mm rain, smothers native plants and kills stands of short trees, (there is one photo from australia... showing the ghost trees covered with vines..at this link: http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/rubber_vine_mgt_guide.pdf) MY question... since you saw and photographed it from the roadside... was this plant part of a stand of these? has agro-forestry department in Maharashtra or Madhya pradesh started looking at this weed? Usha di ========== On Jun 17, 6:10 pm, Dev Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Mhow, Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh > > Seen on the roadside. The flowers are very much like that of the > besharam ( Ipomoea carnea) but the leaves are thicker and of a > different shape. > > Thanks > Dev > > DSC02282.JPG > 120KViewDownload > > DSC02283.JPG > 86KViewDownload > > DSC02284.JPG > 76KViewDownload
