MS CHATURVEDI: Please see my response to Ranjini ji... there is a big ...BIG... difference.... this is a tree.... C. arborea ... planted sometimes as an avenue tree...
While C. ternata is a vine... perennial vine , yet a vine none the less.... needs a support to grow even after 10 - 20 years of growth and thickish woody stem.... Usha di ====== On Aug 24, 5:48 pm, promila chaturvedi <thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is Clitoria ternatea of Fabaceae family. It is a medicinal plant. > Promila > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:22 PM, ranjini kamath <ranjin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all In the climber variety i have seen several colours - > > brilliant blue [Gokarna], white,violet - this is the only tree i [ & > > others in my group ]have come across.So i do not know at all about > > Shankha Pushpa trees having flowers of any other colour. > > Regards > > > On 8/24/11, Na Bha <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > Vwry beautiful fotos. > > > Thanks Ranjini ji for sharing. Do they have other coloras as well? > > > > Am 24.08.2011 12:31, schrieb ranjini kamath: > > >> Clitoria arborea.Pics taken in Lalbagh Botanical Garden,Bangalore on > > >> 14/08/2011 around 9.30 am Have posted pictures of the same tree quite > > >> some time back - at the absolute end of the flowering season- last > > >> year.I think the flowering must have been at it's peak late June-early > > >> July.I have seen this tree only in Lalbagh. > > >> Regards > > >> Ranjini Kamath
