* Ichnocarpus frutescens 100%*
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:21 PM, greenearth <[email protected]> wrote: > This plant looks like Apocynaceae : Ichnocarpus frutescens.... Please > validate. > > A scandent shrub / climber photographed in the outskirts of Chennai, > flowering sparsely in end September. > > - The leaves are opposite, entire, blade is stiff, shiny and smooth > above,, whitish, sub-glabrous below. New growth is bronze tinged, as are > the branchlets. > - The Flowers are small, calyx 3 to 4mm, the petals are 6-8 mm long > and distinctive, narrrowing into filiform ends, twisted, fringed only on > the right margin > > No tendrils or spines were visible, so I was wondering how these climb. > Another plant which had similar leaves had grown to 16 ft over a coconut > tree, but since it was not flowering I cannot be sure if it was the same. > > Thanks and regards, A Sinha > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VaqIMFyBcuM/UIA_zEy6TWI/AAAAAAAAAK8/B3ZnGDBgBG0/s1600/Ichnoc.fr-In.JPG> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cmnxaBiHoGc/UIA_B_8N5rI/AAAAAAAAAKs/RnUfHeh9sJM/s1600/Ichnoc.fr-Fl.JPG><https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CN824DRu-0Q/UIA_clxzN9I/AAAAAAAAAK0/fDAaE4MZ74o/s1600/Ichnoc.fr-Lf.JPG> > > > > > > > -- > > > > --
