Wild shrub for ID

[Shantanu Bhattacharya]

Hi

took snaps of this weed with small yellow flowers...growing beside a road in my locality. (Kolkata).

regards

Shantanu  :)

 

Shantanu Bhattacharya.

B.Sc, M.Sc (Zoology)

University of Calcutta.

Teaching Faculty.

Dept. of Biology.

Vivekananda Mission School(ICSE).

Joka. Kolkata.

 

 

[Vijayasankar]

Malachra capitata of Malvaceae.

With regards

Vijayasankar

[Shantanu]

Thanks for the ID Vijayashankar ji...
i have noticed that the leaves of this species are folded upwards in a
peculiar manner at night.
regards
Shantanu :)

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[Dinesh Valke]

... a native of tropical south America; naturalized elsewhere ... commonly known as: Brazil jute, malachra, yellow leafbract • Bengali: বন ভিংডী ban bhindi • Gujarati: પરદેસી ભિંડૉ pardesi bhindo • Hindi: वन भिंडी van bhindi, विलायती भिंडी vilayati bhindi • Marathi: भूर भेंडी bur bhendi, परदेशी भेंडी pardeshi bhendi,  रान भेंडी raan bhendi,  विलायती भेंडी vilayati bhendi



Regards.

[Shantanu]

Thanks a lot for the informations on Malachra capitata... Dinesh ji...
i thought that its a native of India.
Its surprising that so many South American exotics have invaded our
country...
and spreading fast

regards
Shantanu : )

Shantanu Bhattacharya.
B.Sc, M.Sc (Zoology)
University of Calcutta.
Teaching Faculty.
Dept. of Biology.
Vivekananda Mission School(ICSE).
Joka. Kolkata.

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[Satish Phadke]

Hi Shantanu ji
I think you have captured the pictures in afternoon or later during the day.
Today afternoon I saw same species in Pune in the afternoon with closed flowers. The open flowers unmistakably show the characteristic Malvaceae morphology. Attaching one picture from my collection last year.
Dr Phadke