Beaytiful Catch Sir On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pandorea jasminoides (Lind.) K. Schum. > syn: *Tecoma jasminoides* Lindl. > > Common names: Bower plant > > With another plant uploaded today Mohan ji and finally identified as > Podranea ricassoliana through a very interesting thread in which the inputs > by several experts slowly built up the progress within few hours, I was > reminded of similar named plant I had photographed in California. > > The two genera are not only close in names, but in characters also and can > be separated as under > > *Pandorea:* Fruit short oblong, less than 10 cm long, calyx not inflated > > *Podranea:* Fruit long linear, longer than 20 cm, calyx inflated. > > I am uploading Pandorea jasminoides photographed from California a woody > vine with 5-9 leaflets, entire, glabrous, some times variegated in cv. > 'Variegata'; flowers white or tinged with pink, darker pink in throat; 4-5 > cm long, in few-flowered panicles, limb spreading with crenate lobes; fruit > 6-10 cm long, pointed. > > -- > 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
