Me too strongly believe it to be *Cestrum aurantiacum* of Solanaceae. My sightings at Ooty ... http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Cestrum+aurantiacum&m=text Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Ninad Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > One of my friend from WII, Mr. Suniti Datta, sent this plant to me, > forwarding for ID in the prescribed format. > > Date/Time- *NA* > Location Place, Altitude, GPS - *1700-2300m in the Jharipani to Landour > area, Mussoorie/Uttarakhand* > Habitat Garden/Urban/Wild/Type - *Wild / growing in fairly extensive > clumps in shaded areas along the roadside and in nalas* > Plant Habit Tree/Shrub/climber/Herb, Height/Length - *Shrub* > Leaves Type/Shape/ Size - *simple (picture provided)* > Inflorescence Type/Size > Flowers Size/Colour/Calyx/Bracts - *orange *- pic provided > Fruits Type/Shape/Size Seeds -* White, rounded* - pic provided > Other Info. Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses - NA > > For me it looks like "*Cestrum aurantiacum*" of Solanace > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Suniti Datta <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:22 PM > Subject: Mystery plant! > To: [email protected] > > > Hi Ninad, > > So these are three images of the flowering shrub I was telling you about. > I've seen it growing in fairly extensive clumps in shaded areas along the > roadside and in *nalas* between about 1700-2300m in the Jharipani to > Landour area. I've looked extensively through *Polunin & Stainton* and * > Kanjilal* for an identification, but been unable to come up with > anything. It can't be that difficult though, because the shrub is really > quite common. I'm just botanically challenged! > > Anyways, I hope you can tell me what this might be! > > Thanks a ton! > > cheers, > -- > ***Suniti Bhushan Datta* M.Sc.(Wildlife Sciences) > Consultant Wildlife Biologist, > 154, Lane No.2, Turner Road, Clement Town, > DEHRA DUN-248002, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA. > Mob.: +91-9897446897 > Landline: +91-135-2643414 > https://www.facebook.com/suniti.datta > > *सुनीति भूषण दत्ता**,* एम. एस सी (वन्यजीव विज्ञान) > सलाहकार वन्यजीव वैज्ञानिक, > 154, लेन न.2, टर्नर रोड, क्लेमेंट टाउन, > देहरा दून -248002, उत्तराखंड, भारत. > मोबाइल : + 91-9897446897 > लैंड लाइन: + 91-135-2643414 > *Save paper. Please do not print this e-mail or any attachments unless > absolutely necessary. > ** > **"The beauty and genius of a work of art may be re-conceived, though its > first material expression be destroyed; > a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last > individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, > another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again > ."* > ~ '*The Bird, Its Form and Function*', William Beebe, 1906. > > > > -- > Kind Regards, > > Ninad > > -- > > > > --
