Malvaceae week :: Thespesia populnea

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 7, 2011, 4:17:19 AM9/7/11

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Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa

thess-PEE-zee-uh -- from the Greek thespios (marvelous, divine)
pop-ULL-nee-uh -- pertaining to or similar to Populus (poplar)

Apr 22, 2007 somewhere in Mira-Bhayander area of Mumbai

commonly known as: aden apple, bhendi tree, cork tree, Indian tulip tree, John-Bull tree, king of flowers, large-leaved tulip tree, milo (in Hawaii), Pacific rosewood, poor man's teak (in Tamilnadu, India), portia tree, seaside mahoe (in Florida), umbrella tree • Bengali: gajashundi, palaspipal, poresh • Gujarati: પારસ પિપળૉ paras piplo • Hindi: bhendi, gajadanda, पारस पीपल paras-pipal • Kannada: arasi, bangali • Malayalam: ചിലാന്തി cilaanthi, പൃപ്പരുത്തി prapparuththi, പൃവരശ് pravaras • Marathi: आष्ट aashta, आस aas, पारस भेंडी paras-bhendi, पारोसा पिंपळ parosa pimpal, पार्श्वपिंपळ parshvapimpal, पिंपरणी pimparani, पिंपरी pimpari • Sanskrit: पार्श्वपिप्पल parshwapippal • Tamil: பூவரசு puvarasu • Telugu: గంగరావి gangaravi

Native of: India

... Dec 8, 2007 at Sagar Upvan, Colaba, Mumbai
... Dec 8, 2007 at Sagar Upvan, Colaba, Mumbai
... Sep 26, 2009 at Pooja Farms (Resort) near Kolad
... Oct 13, 2009 at Vaghbil, Thane
... Dec 7, 2010 at Vaghbil, Thane
... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Thespesiapopulnea&m=tags

Regards.
Dinesh

Balkar Arya

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Sep 7, 2011, 9:21:31 AM9/7/11

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Aha!! great flowers and insects!!!

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nitin kanitkar

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Dec 27, 2012, 12:07:53 PM12/27/12

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Dear Dinesh ji,

An old post of yours on the Thespesia populnea. The last image has a brilliant red insect on it. Found out that insect happens to be the Cotton Stainerhe or Pyrrhocoridae which are a cosmopolitan family of pentatomomorphan bugs including about 65 genera and over 400 species. The Thespesia populnea.is a host plant.

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N Kanitkar

Gp Capt(retd)

Ushadi Micromini

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Dec 27, 2012, 9:38:44 PM12/27/12

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link?

usha di

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Dinesh Valke

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Jan 23, 2025, 6:18:45 AMJan 23

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In my post, there are several observations, listed with date and place.

Among them, the last two photos are of T. populneoides

... Oct 13, 2009 at Vaghbil, Thane

.. Dec 7, 2010 at Vaghbil, Thane

Very sincere apologies for mixing observations in single post.

Regards.

Dinesh

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