Hi Vijayasankar, Thank you for the quick ID. I know that there should be only one ID request in one mail, but somehow, I thought I was shooting the leaves of the plant *Hibiscus schizopetalus* of Malvaceae to which the flower belongs but got jumbled up as the plants were growing in a dense cover and shot leaves of another plant as you have pointed out. I am sorry for this error on my part, I'll be more careful from now on.
Thanks and regards, Amar On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > The flower is of *Hibiscus schizopetalus* of Malvaceae. And the second > picture is of *Terminalia catappa* (Combretaceae). > You can visit > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/posting-guidelines for > posting instructions. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Amar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> I have attached two crops of the flowers and leaves of a tree. Please let >> me know which flower it could be. The following information is available. >> >> >> Date/Time- 2012-06-16 / 11:00hrs >> >> Location- Lonavala in Pune District of Maharashtra >> >> Habitat- Wild >> >> Plant Habit- Had grown to be a large tree >> >> Height - Around 5 metres >> >> Leaves - Broad, around 15-18 cm or even more >> >> Flowers - Red, the stamens protrude far out of the whorl, like in a >> shoeflower (Pic attached) >> >> Fruits - None visible or immediately obvious >> >> >> I am sorry the pic of the leaves is a bit blurred, I could not steady my >> cam in the wind. An important thing is that this tree was growing on the >> slopes of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Amar >> > >
