Yes Madhuri ji, the flowers of two look similar but flower of B. involucrata has a darker centre. In addition the main differences are:
Barleria cristata: Leaves 5-10 cm long; nerves 6-7 pairs; petioles 3-8 mm;flowers in dense spikes; outer sepals 2-3 cm long, spinous Barleria involucrata: Leaves 10-20 cm long; nerves 8-10 pairs; petiole 1-5 cm; flowers in large terminal panicles; outer sepals 4-5 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 Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > I think these flowers are called Kateri Koranti in Marathi I have seen a > lot of them in my childhood Jambhali(purple) koranti, Pandhari (white) > koranti , pivali(yellow) koranti and red koranti. The plant when blooms is > full of flowers and a real beauty to see..I thought the purple one is called > in english as Barleria involucrata. what is the difference from Barleria > cristata? > > Regards > Bhagyashri > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes Alok Ji >> Dak Pathar was in way. it is about 3-4 Km from Vikas Nagar and Herbertpur >> and 23-24 Kms from Paonta Sahib (HP) >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Alok Mahendroo >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> WOW...!! Fantastic shots Balkar ji..!! >>> Where is Dakpathar? Was it during the trip..?? >>> regards >>> Alok >>> On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 17:24 +0530, Balkar Arya wrote: >>> > Yes >>> > here are mines from Dakpathar GVMN Rest house area >>> > >>> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Alok Mahendroo >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Thanks once again Gurcharan ji and Tanay ji.. >>> > regards >>> > Alok >>> > >>> > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 12:58 -0700, Tanay Bose wrote: >>> > > Barleria cristata >>> > > Tanay >>> > > >>> > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh >>> > <[email protected]> >>> > > wrote: >>> > > I hope Barleria cristata >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > 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 20, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Alok Mahendroo >>> > > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > Dear friends, >>> > > A flower on the way to chamba.. >>> > > >>> > > Location Kalatope, Chamba >>> > > Altitude 1200 mts >>> > > Habitat wild >>> > > Habit shrub >>> > > Height 3 feet >>> > > >>> > > regards >>> > > Alok >>> > > -- >>> > > Himalayan Village Education Trust >>> > > Village Khudgot, >>> > > P.O. Dalhousie >>> > > District Chamba >>> > > H.P. 176304, India >>> > > >>> > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com >>> > > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com >>> > > >>> > >>> http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > Tanay Bose >>> > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>> > > Department of Botany. >>> > > University of British Columbia . >>> > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>> > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>> > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>> > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>> > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>> > > [email protected] >>> > > >>> > > Webpages: >>> > > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >>> > > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >>> > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> > Himalayan Village Education Trust >>> > Village Khudgot, >>> > P.O. Dalhousie >>> > District Chamba >>> > H.P. 176304, India >>> > >>> > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com >>> > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com >>> > >>> http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards >>> > >>> > Dr Balkar Singh >>> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> > Arya P G College, Panipat >>> > Haryana-132103 >>> > 09416262964 >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> Himalayan Village Education Trust >>> Village Khudgot, >>> P.O. Dalhousie >>> District Chamba >>> H.P. 176304, India >>> >>> www.hivetrust.wordpress.com >>> www.forwildlife.wordpress.com >>> >>> http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > >
