Thanks Sir for sharing. I dont know how i missed this plant there On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Ixora coccinea* L., Sp. Pl. 110. 1753. Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 375. 1820 > syn: Ixora bandhuca Roxb.; Ixora grandiflora Ker; Ixora incarnata DC. > > Common names: Jungle Geranium, flame-of-the-woods > > Hindi and Beng: Rookmini, rajana > Mar: Pendgul, bakora > Tel: Koranam, mankana > Tam: Chetti, kullal, vedchi > Mal: Thechii, thetti > Kan: Kepala, kisukare > > After a long search for nearly 3 years I think I am able to hunt out the > typical specimen of this species characterized by sessile oblong leaves up > to 10 cm long, obtuse or mucronate; flowers bright scarlet with nearly 4-5 > cm long corolla tube, acute corolla lobes 8-10 mm long. > > Photographed from garden of Dakpathar rest house on September 16, 2011. > > The genus Ixora is often much confused and poorly understood in our > databases. > > Ixora chinensis at FOI I think is Ixora finlaysiana, I. chinensis has > shorter corolla tube, and broader obtuse corolla lobes > > Ixora coccinea (Red) and I. coccinea (yellow) of FOI may be I. chinensis > as they have distinctly narrowed leaves and obtuse corolla lobes > > > -- > 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
