This is thunbergia grandiflora... Madhuri... look at the leaf very carefully and take en face photo of one complete leaf to show leaf margin and attachment to the stem.. for your own files and memory.. leaf shape is unique... even if flower color shows a great deal of variation over time and regions... the leaf almost stays the same....
I have found these in Miami, Fl, Key west, florida, california... naturalized and in gardens and in snowy countryside in botanical gardens, in England at kew and of course all over India... in Bengal we get several colors... of course always in the blue- bluish white to bluishpurple (like yours) ..... develops seeds in Key west fl but not seen any seedpods on any of the hundred or so vines I keep an eye on off and on for three years in in several neighborhoods of Kolkata recently partly because local women do not leave mush after they pluck every darn flower for worship or just because... ( its a disease in India) ... GOD never wanted soooo many flowers as to deplete the gene pool... ) ... or we dont have appropriate pollinators... even if we had pollinators, they would not develop a habit of coming to that vine if they were not assured of some good appreciable amount of nectar from a large numbers of flowers... usha di ======== On Oct 22, 9:42 pm, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 100% correct from Giby Ji I stand corrected > Tanay > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Giby Kuriakose > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > *Thunbergia grandiflora* of Acanthaceae family > > > Regards, > > Giby > > > On 22 October 2011 22:02, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Request for validation ?Purple Allamanda > > >> Date/Time-Oct 2011 > > >> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > > >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Private Garden > > >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Climber was along a fence of a > >> garden > > >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green > > >> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-bluish purple flowers > > >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-not seen > > >> Regards > > >> Bhagyashri > > > -- > > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > > Royal Enclave, > > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > > Bangalore- 560064 > > India > > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > > visit my pictures @http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > > -- > *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.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
