In Marathi this is caled as Muki Jaswand as the flowers do not open Madhuri
--- On Tue, 6/9/11, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> Subject: [efloraofindia:80032] Re: Malvaceae week 09 05 2011 UD 002 Malvaviscus arboreus penduliflorus To: "Gurcharan Singh" <singh...@gmail.com> Cc: "ushadi Micromini" <microminipho...@gmail.com>, "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, 6 September, 2011, 9:52 PM Mine pics On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
