Pseuderanthemum sp. :: 09/Mar/12 :: Hooghly (WB) SK (indiantreepix@googlegroups.com)

[surajit koley (Google Docs)]

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• Pseuderanthemum sp. :: 09/Mar/12 :: Hooghly (WB) SK

Sir,

Though this plant now-a-days can be regarded as a common garden plant. But i fail to remember if i saw it even a few decades ago. I do not know its Bengali name and i am afraid that it hardly has any.

Species : Pseuderanthemum reticulatum (family : Acanthaceae)

Date : 28/02/2012 , 12.23 p.m. (except the first image)

Place : Hooghly, West Bengal

Type : Garden, perennial

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ID help :

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseuderanthemum_reticulatum

2) http://lotusleaf-gardentropics.blogspot.in/2011/04/jasmine-and-pseudo-jasmine.html

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Regards,

Surajit Koley

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Very good photographs Surajit ji. This plant more commonly known as P. atropurpureum is now correctly known as 

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Seem.) Guillaumin

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[surajit koley]

Good evening Gurcharan Sir. Thank you for the correct name of the plant and appreciation.

Regards,

Surajit