Madhuirji: yes you are right... about the colors...and the previous point, I seem to have missed the discussion... and No, you have the size of the flower mixed up... the P. suberifolium flower is about 1.5 to 2.0 inches long, and its fruit/capsule id 2 to 3 inches long... while.... P. acerifolium flower is about 5 inches long , the capsule is 5-6 inches long...
that's a quick way to differentiate... We have several p. acerifolium trees in the streets of my neighbourhood and the Dhaukira lakes... and have to go to the zoo to find the P. suberifolium... next spring I will go deligently and take pictures of both ... would be interesting... Thanks Usha di ===== On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This is what I was trying to explain Sarkar ji in one of his Valmiki > thread, that Muchkund and Kanakchapa are different. But as I don't remember > the Sc. Name and no one else objected I kept quite. > Kanakchapa has golden colour thick sepals while Muchkund has white ones. > Flowers of Kanakchampa are smaller while of Muchkund larger. > Madhuri > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 22:48:53 > To: efloraofindia<[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:76205] Re: Pterospermum acerifolium CORRECTION name > , > Local name : Kanak champa > > > Neil..... small point... > Muchakunda in Bengali and Hindi refers to * Pterospermum > suberifolim...* > (not * P. acerifolium* ...which is Kanak champa in most north indian > vernaculars)... > > Usha di > > ======= > > > On Aug 5, 1:20 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > My photographs of Pterospermum acerofolium. > > Regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > > --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:76104] Pterocarpus acerifolium > > To: [email protected], "Anantanarayan Rajaram" < > [email protected]> > > Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 1:32 PM > > > > Hi, > > There seems to be a mistake. It should be Pterospermum acerofolium > [Kanak Champa, Muchkund]. Will send my photographs of this later. > > Regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > > --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Anantanarayan Rajaram <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > From: Anantanarayan Rajaram <[email protected]> > > Subject: [efloraofindia:76092] Pterocarpus acerifolium > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 11:53 AM > > > > I am attaching a few pics of Pterocarpus acerifolium which I took at the > Amrita University campus near Coimbatore last month in July. Searching the > efloraofindia group, there does not seem to be any previous mention of this > species.Thanks and regards > > Rajaram > > > > Pterospermum acerfolium, Kanak Champa 1.jpg > > 167KViewDownload > > > > Pterospermum acerfolium, Kanak Champa 2.jpg > > 98KViewDownload >
