Thanks Radha ji I searched your wonderful pictures of *Asystasia gangetica*. According BSI Mah flora. Flower colour is used as one of the character to differentiate the species. I do not fully agree to it.Because it mentions the flower colour violet pink for *A.chelonoides* whereas flower colour is said to be white or yellow in the two sp. *A.dalzelliana* and* A. gangetica* . I had recently re posted one of my earlier posts with yellowish white flowers which is also IDed as *A. gangetica*. I think ....The important character is the cordate base of the leaves which is unique in *A.gangetica*. This plant is occasionally found as garden escape and seen by roadside.
Dr Satish Phadke On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:23 AM, radhaveach <[email protected]> wrote: > I had posted the same plant in october this year on this site and it was > validated by Dinesh. Please search to find my pics. > > best > Radha > > > On Friday, November 30, 2012 9:49:54 PM UTC+5:30, Satish Phadke wrote: >> >> A climbing shrub with drooping branches observed on a hedge in Pune. >> Leaves opposite glabrescent . 5X3 cm elliptic/ovate base somewhat >> cordate. Apex acuminate. Stem quadrangular grooved. >> Flower 3 cm. Bracts very minute. Pod 2.5 cm nodular. >> I think this is *Asystasia gangetica*. Pl. validate. >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > -- > > > > --
