Here 's Neil's thread...http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/ browse_thread/thread/c9887aaf25e848f3/b9666403a055fa80? lnk=gst&q=Melochia+corchorifolia#b9666403a055fa80 not too long ago... BUT Neil and Satish : please look at both ... dont they look different... asking based on ignorance of this plant...
usha di ------------============== On Oct 21, 3:24 pm, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Affirmative Dr.Phadke. This is Melochia corchorifolia. My photographs of this > are available in the archives of this group. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On Fri, 10/21/11, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> > Subject: [efloraofindia:88869] Plant for ID : Dec 2009 Kochi SMP1 > To: "indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Date: Friday, October 21, 2011, 2:58 PM > > This picture was lying in my Kerala visit folder un Id ed. > A small to mid sized shrub. I don't remember the details but the flower size > similar to Sida? > I think this is Melochia corchorifolia. Please validate. > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke