Dear Ararti ji, This plant is *Vinca major* Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 209. 1753. Herbs to 1 m tall, flowering stems to 30 cm. Leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or broadly ovate, 2-9 X 2-6 cm, base truncate or subcordate, margin ciliate with hairs 0.1-1 mm; lateral veins to 5 pairs. Pedicel 3-5 cm. Sepals narrowly triangular, ca. 9 mm, densely ciliate. Corolla bluish purple, tube 1.2-1.5 cm, limb 3-5 cm in diam., lobes obliquely truncate. Anthers short, applanate, apex puberulent. Follicles spreading, ca. 5 cm. Fl. Mar-May. 2*n *= 92. Cultivated for medicine. Regards Tanay
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > *Date/Time* : 24th of October, 2008/ 11.42 am > *Location Place* : Kodaikanal ... *Altitude* : 2100 meters ... *GPS* : > *Habitat* : Wild ... *Type* : > *Plant Habit* : Herb ... *Height *: small plant ... *Length* : ... > *Leaves Type *: ... *Shape* : as seen ... *Size* : > *Inflorescence Type* : ... *Size* : > *Flowers Size* : about 1 inch ... *Colour* : ... *Calyx* : ... *Bracts*: > *Fruits Type* : ... *Shape *: ... *Size* : ... *Seeds* : > > *Other Info* : > *Fragrance* : did not check ... *Pollinator* : ... *Uses* : > > > Found growing by the roadside. > Tanay, is this also Vinca Major that you had identified from Sri Lanka? > Aarti > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
