Welcome to the group, Lakshmi ji. The plant is a *Passiflora *sp., most probably *P. mollissima* of Passifloraceae.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Lakshmi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > Just joined this group because I intend to start learning to identify > plants/trees in India - been restricted to animals and birds till now. > > I saw this flowering plant/vine in Nilgiris Botanical Garden. November > 2012. About late afternoon/early evening. Can anyone please help me > identify this? Like I said, I am new to plant/tree identification. The > closest I can guess is the Amaryllidaceae family (Pancratium, Zephyranthes > - less likely) or the Rutaceae (Atalantia) family from looking through the > Flowers of India website. > > > Thanks a lot! > > Lakshmi > > > > -- > > > > --
