Is it Plumeria??

Shantanu Bhattacharya

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8 Sept 2010, 11:15:28 am08/09/10

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Hi

taken this snap of flower in my locality yesterday.

Is it a variety of Frangipani (Plumeria alba)?

please help with the ID?

Shantanu Bhattacharya.

Dept. of Biology.

Vivekananda Mission School (ICSE).

Joka, Kolkata.

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Kenneth Greby

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8 Sept 2010, 11:17:53 am08/09/10

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Adenium obesum. Same family-- Apocyanaceae.

Regards--
Ken.

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Bhatt Sweta

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8 Sept 2010, 11:18:43 am08/09/10

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it seems more like Adenium obassium... Pict of entire plant will help better.

Shantanu Bhattacharya

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8 Sept 2010, 11:31:40 am08/09/10

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Thanks a lot.......is it related to Plumeria?

please tell the common name of the species

Shantanu :)

Shantanu Bhattacharya

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8 Sept 2010, 11:37:39 am08/09/10

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Is it the same flower.....Adenium obesum???

pic taken at Shantiniketan in the resort garden.

Shantanu :)

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Gurcharan Singh

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8 Sept 2010, 11:51:09 am08/09/10

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Shantanu ji

Firstly it is much smaller plant than Plumeria and secondly the stem tapers conspicously from almost swollen base. Most commonly grown in pots in Delhi.

It is commonly known as Desert rose.

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Pankaj Kumar

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8 Sept 2010, 12:08:18 pm08/09/10

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Adenium obesum for sure. This is a herb, Plumeria is a tree or shrub.
This plant is considered to be good for creating structural bonsai!!,
commonly called as Desert Rose.

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Pankaj

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Shantanu

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8 Sept 2010, 1:34:18 pm08/09/10

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Thanks a lot for the informations on Adenium...

regards
Shantanu : )

tanay bose

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8 Sept 2010, 5:16:49 pm08/09/10

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Adenium obesum indeed i has couple of them

Tanay

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Bhatt Sweta

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14 Sept 2010, 11:26:37 am14/09/10

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also known as natural bonsai...as it tends to be sort of swollen or stout in appearance...and grows well in the pots

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