Requesting ID of this Brugmansia - Mumbai :30072013 : ARK-02 : January 2013

[Alka Khare]

Hello friends

Requesting to please ID this Brugmansia captured in a cultivated garden in Mumbai in January 2013.

Thanks and Regards

Alka Khare

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

Alka Khare

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[J.M. Garg]

A reply:

"Could be one of the varieties of Brugmansia suaveolens" from Mahadeawara ji.

[r.thilakan makkiseril]

I endorse Mahadeswar ji .

r..thilakan

[Alka Khare]

Thank you Mahadeswara ji and Thilakan ji for ID...

Regards

Alka Khare

[Gurcharan Singh]

Long narrow corolla tube much beyond calyx, larger flower both go for B. versicolor

Here are detailed differences

B. svaveolens                                                                                             B. versicolor

1. leaves narrowly elliptic to ovate.                                                             1. leaves  oblong-elliptic

2 flowers 20-30 cm log                                                                                2. flowers 30-50 cm long

3. calyx slightly inflated, 2-5 toothed                                                           3. calyx narrower, spathe like

4. corolla tube expanding just after calyx                                                    4. corolla tube narrowed well beyond calyx

5. corolla teeth flaring, not recurved                                                            5. corolla teeth recurved

[Gurcharan Singh]

Long narrow corolla tube much beyond calyx, larger flower both go for B. versicolor

Here are detailed differences

B. svaveolens                                                                                             B. versicolor

1. leaves narrowly elliptic to ovate.                                                             1. leaves  oblong-elliptic

2 flowers 20-30 cm log                                                                                2. flowers 30-50 cm long

3. calyx slightly inflated, 2-5 toothed                                                           3. calyx narrower, spathe like

4. corolla tube expanding just after calyx                                                    4. corolla tube narrowed well beyond calyx

5. corolla teeth flaring, not recurved                                                            5. corolla teeth recurved

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Singh ji,

From where did you get the keys?

Both POWO and Catalogue of life does not show that Brugmansia versicolor Lagerh. has been introduced in our area. Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & Presl is shown as introduced in our area as per POWO and Catalogue of Life.

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[J.M. Garg]

Taking this as Brugmansia suaveolens as per discussions at Solanaceae Fortnight: Brugmansia suaveolens at Chikmagalur : PKA-FEB44/44

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