I am also of the same opinion as Dr. Vijayasankar ji. Some name boards in Lalbagh are not correct / updated.
On Feb 7, 2:03 am, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice pictures and useful information, Raman ji. > But this could be *Gardenia resinifera* or some other species; it doesn't > look like G.gummifera. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Beautiful and Informative Set Raman ji > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:01 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Native to India, Gummy gardenia is a small tree which grows up to 3 > >> meters. Gardenia is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants. They > >> are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1-15 m tall. The leaves are > >> opposite or in whorls of three or four, 5-50 cm long and 3-25 cm broad, > >> dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or > >> in small clusters, white or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with > >> 5-12 lobes ('petals') from 5-12 cm diameter. > > >> Raman > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
