Thanks Gurcharan ji for showing this *Ixora*. 2nd & 3rd photos show the flowers very crisp. Regards. Dinesh
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Sir is this cultivated? > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Ixora polyantha* Wight, lc. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1066. 1846. >> >> Small shrub with robust branches; leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, >> elliptic-lanceolate to obovate, 12-30 cm long, cute or acuminate, narrowed >> at base into short petiole; stipules long, cuspidate; flowers white in 7-12 >> cm wide corymbose cymes; calyx lobes twice as long as ovary; corolla tube >> 20-25 mm long, lobes 6-8 mm long. >> >> >> Photographed from Old Delhi Ridge in November, December and April. >> >> >> -- >> 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 >
