Dinesh ji, Thanks for a possible id. Infact it is Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. Recently I have again borrowed the book 'Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman' by Helen Pickering & Annette Patzelt....Kew Publishing Found the id in the book. I am trying to find the correct names of all wild flowers taken here. Regards, Aarti
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... must be *Avicennia alba* ... (synonym of *Avicennia marina* subsp. * > marina* as per The Plants List of family Acanthaceae, also placed in > Avicenniaceae) > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:21 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> >> Date: 12 June 2012 13:27 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:119397] Mangrove for ID : Oman : 120612 : AK-2 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Pictures taken in Muscat on 25/5/12., growing along the coast. >> Very tiny yellow flowers and green fruits. >> Avicennia? >> Aarti >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 1870 members & >> 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) 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'. >> >> >

