Nice pics with details Ushadi Ji On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now more appropriately M. penduliflorus DC. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:22 PM, ushadi Micromini < > microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Dear All: >> >> Submitting : Malvaviscus arboreus penduliflorus red flowers >> >> >> >> Family: Malvaceae >> >> Subfamily: Malvoideae >> >> Tribe: Hibisceae >> >> Genus: Malvaviscus Fabr. >> >> My specimen: Malvaviscus arboreus penduliflorus >> >> Synonyms: Sleepy Hibiscus, Mexican Turk's Cap In colloquial >> Bengali: Lanka Joba… (Jaba kusum flower that looks like a red mirchi >> (lanka in Bengali) ) . >> >> >> Origin: Costa Rica, Nicaragua >> >> Now found in most tropical areas. >> >> Evergreen shrub to 10 feet. Grown all over Bengal, I find it on >> roadsides, along banks of water-bodies, esp in villages… the flowers are >> popular with ladies as puja offering… and makes the drab country lanes >> colorful most of the year… >> >> >> >> >> >> Date/Time- Seen it all my life, digital photograph made in 2008 at a >> picnic spot at a friend’s garden, north of Kolkata and 2011 in Bihar, in >> the yard of a Jain Temple . >> >> >> >> >> >> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Sea level, near Barasat, a few miles >> north of Kolkata. (Figures 1 -3) I recently saw it in Bihar…(figure 4) >> .. >> >> >> >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- In India : cultivated . >> >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- shrub , I have seen them only >> to be about 8 feet tall. >> >> >> >> Height/Length- see above. >> >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- ? Sagittate >> >> Inflorescence Type/ Size- Single, >> >> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- This is RED, seen in white and >> pink… and a mixed up one… same plant had red and white flowers, go >> figure!! >> >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- I have not seen any… >> >> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- Pollinators: >> Don’t know >> >> Uses: As I said… provides color better part of the year, grows fast and >> almost no pests… anybody can plant them and forget them for a while… >> >> People use them for making garlands for Deity puja … >> >> >> >> >> >> Enjoy >> >> >> Thanks… >> >> Usha di >> >> >> ==== >> > > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
