Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback:
“ For me the plant looks like Violet Churcu. *Iochroma cyaneum*. There are many varieties. You may need to check the variety” from Mahadeswara ji. “Could this be *Iochroma coccinea* Scheid. of Solanaceae. for picture reference: http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/violet_churcu.htm” from Muthu ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Muthu Karthick, N <nmk....@gmail.com> Date: 22 April 2012 17:53 Subject: [efloraofindia:114240] Shrub for identification 220412MK03 To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Dear all , I saw this shrub planted as ornamental in a street of Ooty, Nilgiris, TN. Could this be Scrophulariaceae? Date: 19 Sep 2011 Altitude: 2000 M ASL Height of Shrub: 3 metres Leaf: c. 15cm long Flower: c. 5 x 0.8 cm <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xhuiY2s7vK0/T5P3hB6AeDI/AAAAAAAAAZg/SLr4WH4GKig/s1600/IMG_9167.JPG> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JoGlYfVnZEI/T5P3qrI2xZI/AAAAAAAAAZs/u2wYj_CVJgg/s1600/IMG_9166.JPG> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BhksY6Y2-yA/T5P30OqignI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/cSewOVYHO38/s1600/IMG_9165.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-29pmHBw2n3c/T5P3-b_mUuI/AAAAAAAAAaE/orZNQ4McKac/s1600/IMG_9164.JPG> -- 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 1860 members & 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) 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'.
