Here it Balkar ji D. burgessiae (syn: D. calantha): ovary 5-celled with 6-8 ovules in each cell; leaves 3-5-lobed, up to 30 cm across, pubescent on both sides; peduncle 15-20 cm long.
D. spectabilis: ovary 3-celled with two ovules in each cell; leaves 10-12 cm long, shallowlt 3-lobed or entire, white-tomentose beneath; peduncle 3-7 cm long. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Any peculiar difference between calantha and spectabilis > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Dombeya spectabilis* Bojer, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 18:191. 1842 >> Syn: *Assonia spectabilis* (Bojer) Kuntze >> >> Shrub or tree with reddish stellate pubescence; leaves ovate to orbicular, >> cordate, to 17 cm long, entire or dentate; flowers white or pink 2 cm >> across, in paniculate cymes. >> >> Photographed from Herbal Garden and Vikas Puri in New Delhi. >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
