[efloraofindia:123527] Re: Unknown shrub.

2012-08-05 Thread Plantaholic Sheila
On Saturday, October 22, 2011 5:15:24 PM UTC+1, PlantaholicSheila wrote: I hope I am doing this correctly. My first post here! Please can you identify this large rather straggly shrub. It was found along the road to Tiger Hill near Darjeeling. Many thanks. The message is ready to be sent

Re: [efloraofindia:123527] Re: Unknown shrub.

2012-08-05 Thread Vijayasankar
Hi Sheila, Congrats! Finally you got the correct id, I think! The description of *Leycesteria stipulata *at FoC perfectly fits and also here is a herbarium specimen that exactly matches with your plant: http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K76878 Great work! Thanks.