Yes it is *Pentas lanceolata* (Forssk.) Deflers - the *Egyptian Starcluster*
N.P.Balakrishnan, Coimbatore 11 May 2012 On 11 May 2012 14:37, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “This looks to be *Pentas lanceolatus*..” from Nidhan ji. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 4 May 2012 08:59 > Subject: [efloraofindia:115552] Rubiaceae for identification 040412MK01 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > Please help me to identify this Rubiaceae shrub. Is this a *Pentas* sp.? > Date: 05 Feb 2012 > Place: a garden in Coimbatore city, TN > > The plant was 3 metres tall and with leaves c.10x4 cm; inflorescence head > c.10cm across > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 1860 members & > 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
