12052014GS1 a shrub for ID from Karnal-GSJUN02

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jun 12, 2014, 2:54:49 PM6/12/14
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Please help in the ID of this shrub photographed from Karnal, along roadsides. 

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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Alka Khare

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Jun 12, 2014, 11:20:22 PM6/12/14
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Hello Gurcharan ji

This may be some Breynia species...

It is called Snowbush in Mumbai. This is the variegated variety. It is extensively used in Bonsai...

I may well be wrong though.

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Alka Khare

Dr Umeshkumar Tiwari

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Jun 13, 2014, 1:17:33 AM6/13/14
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Yes Alka mam is right,
This is Breynia nivosa. Very common garden plant. planted for its variegated foliage.
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Alka Khare

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Jun 13, 2014, 1:21:19 AM6/13/14
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Thank you Umeshkumar ji for the species ID. I have been looking for it since long.....

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Alka Khare

Tapas Chakrabarty

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Jun 13, 2014, 1:51:09 AM6/13/14
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I am seeing it for the first time.

Dr Umeshkumar Tiwari

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Jun 13, 2014, 2:05:12 AM6/13/14
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Dear Tapas Sir,
This is very common hedge plant in Vir Jijamata Udyan and Hanging Garden, Mumbai.
Thanks and Regards,

Gurcharan Singh

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Jun 14, 2014, 1:14:22 AM6/14/14
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Thanks a lot Alka ji and Umesh ji for the ID.

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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


Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 10, 2021, 6:40:06 AM3/10/21
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Correct name is B. disticha

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 10, 2021, 6:43:33 AM3/10/21
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Rather B. disticha f. nivosa
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