Yes Cassia marginata Roxb. now correctly known as Cassia wallichii DC pink to rose flowers with longer filaments without swellings in the middle.
-- 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, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:03 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Shan Rajasekaran <[email protected]> > Date: 14 June 2011 22:45 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:71732] Re: Request for ID: 130611SR1 Is this > Cassia marginata? > To: Pinki <[email protected]>, raman <[email protected]> > Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Thank you Raman ji, Alok ji for the identification. > > I am confused between two species that are supposed to be Cassia > roxburghii. > > In the first one, I see more orange shades. The stamens are yellow. > The flowers range from yellowish-orange to orange to deep pink. > The description in Blatter book for Cassia roxburghii matches this. > > The second one has less variation in color. Mostly pink to deep-pink. > The stamens are orange to light red. > > Are these two different species or are both classified as Cassia > roxburghii. > > > Regards > Shan > > This photo was shot by Sahastra Rashmi in Pondicherry. > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1750 members & > 97,000 messages on 30/11/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
