Many thanks Santhosh ji for validating the ID. I have been taking it as *Pavetta crassicaulis*, an endemic to Western Ghats & southern peninsula of India. Hopefully someone among us will check the Indian Pavetta paper you suggested and throw light on this species.
Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <drsanthosh1...@gmail.com > wrote: > This is definitely not Pavetta indica. It represents some other species. > Sadly I have o literature with me here in Riyadh. If possible try to check > with the Revision of Indian Pavetta by Deb & Rout, BSI Calcutta apperared > in Bulletin Botanical Survey of India (Rout RC, Deb DB. 1999 Taxonomic * > revision* of the genus *Pavetta* (Rubiaceae) in *Indian* sub-continent. > Bull. Bot. Surv. *India* 41. (1-4): 1-182) > > I think it will be an interesting species. > > Santhosh > > > On 10 April 2013 14:16, mohina macker <mohinamac...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> pavetta indica, in flower >> mulshi dam area >> this monday >> regards >> mohina macker >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > SANTHOSH > ------------------------------------------ > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) > Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > Kerala > India > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com > > Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA > NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before > printing this email !!! > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.