For ID 010509 ET108

[Thiruvengadam Ekambaram]

Friends
I took this picture during Bio Diversity Trail at Great Himalayan
National Park base camp, on
10th May,2009.
Kindly give ID .
Thank you in advance

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id help pl.

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[Dinesh Valke]

... ¿ Lonicera japonica ?

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Dinesh ji for the genus Id.

I think it's Lonicera webbiana as per Concise Flowers of the Himalaya & as per links: 
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=86884&flora_id=5 (illustration),

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200022397 (desc.)

 

2009/6/21 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

[Mahendra Prasad]

From the petal arrangement, position on twig, colour of flower and leaf looks like Michelia champaca, family Magnoliaceae.  Also called Sonar ( golden ) Champa in Bengali, I think.  It is a very fragnant flower.

See Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelia_champaca.

 

In Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle, as seen in pic in link below, 4 petals ( or maybe one large one ) are  pointing upwards and a single, thin one pointing downwards.  Also the colour seems white, only dried ones get a creamish gold colour.   

See Link  : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonicera_japonica.

 

I also feel the Champa is more commonly seen here in India.  Did the flower in pic IMG_0040.JPG have a strong fragnance Thiru ? That could be the deciding factor.

 

 

 

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From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>; Thiruvengadam Ekambaram <ethiruv...@gmail.com>
Cc: indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 21 June, 2009 1:02:01 PM
Subject: [indiantreepix:13627] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:12837] For ID 010509 ET108

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[Naresh Pancholi]

Out of 2 possibilities Michelia and Lonicera, I rule out Michelia. Both are very frangrant flowers.

As Michelia is a tree. Photograph in an earlier post by Thiruvengadam Ekambaram comes very close to Lonicera.

Lonicera is a climber.

I have attached my pictures.

Naresh Pancholi

[Farida Abraham]

is lonicera the botanical name for honey suckle??

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Farida ji

 

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45

[Sunit Singh]

most probably Lonicera quinquelocularis, definitely not L. webbiana, attaching images of webbiana for more confirmation.