Best Flora Photograph : Vijayasankar Raman : 2022

[Vijayasankar Raman]

Huernia zebrina (Lifesaver plant, Doughnut flower) of Apocynaceae is my entry for the Best Flora Photograph contest to celebrate 15 years of efloraofindia.

I chose this picture because of the unique beauty of the flower. It has a prominent shiny central ring called the annulus, appearing like a doughnut, a popular delicacy in the USA and many other countries. This rare and interesting plant is native to Africa and is considered a famine food. Several hybrids are widely grown as ornamentals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huernia

https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/06/huernia-zebrina/

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:98833-1

Vijayasankar

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Scientist
University of Mississippi, USA

[Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy]

Vijayasankar Ji,

Astounding.  

International Biodiversity  Day

also the 15 years of efloraofindia. 

Regards,

B. Rathinasabapathy

Ecologist

Member

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Rathinasabapathy ji

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Vijayasankar ji, for the beautiful composition.

So aptly described. 

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[Dinesh Valke]

Wow, so wonderful, Vijayasankar ji.

Many thanks for sharing.

Regards.

Dinesh

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[J.M. Garg]

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Pl. give it wide publicity in Social media, by posting it in your profile/ groups/ Instagram etc.

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Beautiful picture, my upload from Plantae Paradise Solan

Huernia insigniflora C.A. Maass from Plantae Paradise near Parwanu-GSJUNE03/08 (google.com)

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.

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On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 9:22 AM Vijayasankar Raman <vijay.b...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Lalithamba Avadhanam]

amazing beauty

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[Nidhan Singh]

The flower is really amazing...!!

Thanks Vijayasankar Ji for sharing..

[Vijayasankar Raman]

Thanks so much everyone!

Vijayasankar

On Sun, May 22, 2022, 6:33 PM Nidhan Singh <nidhans...@gmail.com> wrote:

The flower is really amazing...!!

Thanks Vijayasankar Ji for sharing..

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[Mahadeswara]

Simply superb Vijayasankar ji.

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

I am sure, no one would like to eat a donut with this smell. 

Very beautiful image.

Imagine why this is called lifesaver plant!

Pankaj

[Aarti S. Khale]

Vijayasankar Ji,

As usual, superb clarity and beautifully captured.

Regards,

Aarti

On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 9:22:59 AM UTC+5:30 Vijayasankar wrote:

[Vijayasankar]

Thanks Aarti ji, Pankaj and Mahadeswara ji for the kind words!

Pankaj, this plant is said to be used as a food during famines, saving lives, thus got its name. I think this would apply to other edible succulents that would survive severe droughts as well.

Who would bother about the smell of the food when starving to near death, but I guess the juicy and crunchy stems won't smell that bad ;)

Vijayasankar

[Pankaj Kumar]

No, I am sure they do not eat the donuts but the stem :)

I understand what you mean!

In Sought east asia, they use plants like Padaeria foetida and even Passiflora foetida, so you are right, but after boiling all that smell goes off...almost all!!

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