A reply in another thread: "Dear friends, It is *Allamanda cv.dwarf .*widly used in landscaped gardens in and around Pune,Mumbai and Gujrat.
There is another var. also used in same ways.It is Allamnda dwarf variegated.It has the leaves with gray or silvery tinge but the flowers are same as this. Allamanda cathartica is a climber while this is not a climber .It can grow up to one meter if it is not preunned.Generaly used in road side strips.It is a determinate type. Regards H S Bedekar. Ex.Chief Horticulturist, Reliance Ind Ltd." On 11 October 2011 15:56, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote: > Resurfacing for identification > > This plant was at a local nursery > > Prior identification > > > > Allamanda cathartica Tanay Bose ji > > Allamanda Balkar Arya ji > > > > Attaching a picture for comparison of the two. leaves are different flower > coralla I think is different petal shape is different > > > > Date/Time-Sep 2011 > > > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > > > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Garden > > > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub does not appear to be a > climber > > > > Height/Length- 1foot > > > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-green > > > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-lemon yellow flower > > > > No fruit seen > > Regards > > Bhagyashri > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
