flower for ID181010MN01

[mani nair]

Dear Friends,

Sending a photo of the flower.

Kindly identify the flower.

Regards,

Mani.

Date/Time :         February 2009
Location Place : Jijamata Udyan, Byculla, Mumbai
Habitat : Garden ... Type : Cultivated
Plant Habit : ... Height :  1 meter.
Leaves Type : ... Shape : ... Size : ...
Inflorescence Type : ... Size : ...   small
Flowers Size : ... Colour : ... Calyx : ... Bracts :  Orange
Fruits Type : ... Shape : ... Size : ... Seeds : Not seen 

Other Info :    
Fragrance : ... Pollinator : ... Uses :    

[Dinesh Valke]

... garden flora with lot of cultivars ... Tropaeolum majus ... of South American origin ... may itself be a hybrid species ... commonly known as garden nasturtium, Indian cress, monks cress ... http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Nasturtium.html

Regards.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Tropaeolum majus, THE GARDEN NASTURTIUM

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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/ 

[mani nair]

Thanks Dinesh ji and Singh Sir for the flower ID

regards,

Mani.

[tanay bose]

Tropaeolum majus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum_majus

http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/trop_maj.cfm

Tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)

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[Farida Abraham]

nasturtium  FA

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Mrs. F. Abraham.
Principal,
La Martiniere Girls' College,
Lucknow 226001.