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On Feb 8, 10:43 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Hamelia patens* Jacq., Enum. syst. pl. 16. 1760 > syn: *Hamelia erecta* Jacq. > > Shrub or small tree, evergreen, up to 3 m tall; leaves in whorls of 4, > elliptic, ovate-oblong to ovate, 5-12 cm long, usually glabrous above, > glabrous-tomentose beneath, entire, acute or acuminate; flowers almost > sessile with 1-2 mm long pedicel, orange to scarlet, 2-3 cm long, in > terminal corymbiform compound cymes; calyx lobes minute; corolla tubular, > 13-15 mm long, lobes very short; stamens 5, attached to near middle of > corolla tube, filaments 3 mm long; fruit a berry, globose to > ellipsoid-oblong, 6-8 mm long, finally red. > > Commonly planted in Delhi. Photographed from Khalsa College, Delhi Ridge > and Vikas Puri. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Hamelia-patens-Khalsa-Delhi-1.jpg > 221KViewDownload > > Hamelia-patens-Ridge-Delhi-2.jpg > 206KViewDownload > > Hamelia-patens-vikas-puri-16-5-Delhi-1.jpg > 226KViewDownload > > Hamelia-patens-vikas-puri-16-5-Delhi-4.jpg > 239KViewDownload
