Thank you for so enumerating the points of distinction...
makes it very easy for me now.
Usha di
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On Aug 13, 1:37 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mohan ji
>
> L. indica is usually a shrub less than 4 m tall, whereas L. speciosa is a
> tree up to 8 m tall; leaves of former are almost sessile (petiole barely 0.5
> mm), shorter rarely exceeding 7 cm whereas in latter petiole is 5-9 mm long
> and leaves 8-17 cm long; Hypanthium in former is 4-7 mm long not ribbed, in
> latter 8-10 mm long and 12-ribbed.; calyx erect in fruit in former,
> spreading in latter; petals are hardly 16-25 mm long in former, 32-35 mm
> long in latter; capsule 10-12 mm in diam in former, 17-20 mm in latter.
>
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>
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Mohan V. Chunkath <
>
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > How does one distinguish between Lagerstroemia indica and L. speciosa?
> > Thanks.
> > Cheers,
> > Mohan
>
> > On Aug 9, 10:05 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Yes this is Lagerstroemia speciosa (Family: Lythraceae)
> > > Pankaj
>
> > > On Aug 9, 10:04 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes this is Lagerstroemia specios (Family: Lythraceae)
> > > > Pankaj
>
> > > > On Aug 9, 9:31 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > May be Lagerstroemia speciosa
>
> > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:49 PM, PUTTARAJU K <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > > > Dear All,
>
> > > > > > Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_09082011 PJ2.
>
> > > > > > Date/Time-: 25/05/11 - 10:00
>
> > > > > > Location- Place, Altitude - Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380
> > mtrs
>
> > > > > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild
>
> > > > > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree
>
> > > > > > Height/Length- 12m
>
> > > > > > With Regards,
> > > > > > PUTTARAJU K,
> > > > > > SCIENTIFIC OFFICER,
> > > > > > KAIGA ATOMIC POWER PLANT,
> > > > > > POST-KAIGA, U.K.DISTRICT,
> > > > > > KARNATAKA -581400
> > > > > > MOB : 9448999150
> > > > > > EMAIL : [email protected]
> > > > > > [email protected]
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Regards
>
> > > > > Dr Balkar Singh
> > > > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> > > > > Arya P G College, Panipat
> > > > > Haryana-132103
> > > > > 09416262964
