The flower buds are totally different than any Calliandra vars. Promila On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Smilax004 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I too stand for Barringtonia asiatica of Lecythidaceae family, as > Neil Ji pointed out. > > It cant be Calliandra surinamensis as the picture shows a single > flower and it has petals. Flower buds are also different. In > Calliandra what we see is an inflorescence with several flowers. But > it is a nice mimicry! Mimicry in plants? > > > Regards, > Giby > > > > On Aug 23, 2:33 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding with a subjectline. > > Pl. reply against this subject line mail only. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy <[email protected]> > > Date: 23 August 2011 14:43 > > Subject: [efloraofindia:77990] > > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > > Pl. find the attached file contain a photo for id. > > > > Location from Pondichery (Opp. to Secretariat) Feb/March 2011. > > > > thanks > > > > B. Rathinasabapathy > > Project Co-ordinator > > Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park > > 1388, Avinashi Road > > Peelamedu > > Coimbatore-641004 > > > > [image: stock vector : tree] <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> > > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg ([email protected])http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* > & > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(more than 1680 members & > > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > > of more than 5000 species) > > > > > > > > Unknown flower from pondy.jpg > > 1424KViewDownload >
