Maximum uploads of well described Ixora species - very helpful for ID. Many thanks Gurcharan ji. Regards. Dinesh
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Superb shots!!! > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Ixora finlaysoniana* Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 572 1834 >> >> Shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall; leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate >> to obovate, 10-17 cm long, glabrous, base cuneate to obtuse, lateral veins >> 8-12 pairs; stipules ovate to triangular, 3-6 mm long; petiole distinct >> 4-10 mm long; flowers white, scented, in dense comymbose cymes 8-10 cm >> across on up to 4 cm long peduncle; bracts distinct 8-10 mm long; corolla >> tube 2.5-3 cm long, lobes narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 5-6 mm long, >> less than 1.3-3 mm broad, acute or subacute; fruit globose, 6-8 mm in diam. >> >> Photographed from Delhi University Nursery in May >> >> -- >> 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 >
