Ajinkya-ji, Thanks for the response. I was not sure if there are similar looking species to rule out. ASinha
On Friday, October 19, 2012 8:52:22 AM UTC+5:30, plantscape(ajinkya) wrote: > > > * Ichnocarpus frutescens 100%* > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:21 PM, greenearth <[email protected]<javascript:> > > 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> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
