Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members,

Location: Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal 

Date: 9 March, 32013

Altitude:  5000 ft.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Anil Thakur]

Is this cultivated or wild?

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks,  Saroj ji

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Saroj ji,

We do not have any such species in efi so far as per ‎Forsythia. How did you arrive at the Id with these images ?

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[Saroj Kasaju]

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Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

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Weeping Forsythia

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ative Photo: Tabish Common name: Weeping Forsythia, Weeping Goldenbells  Botanical name: Forsythia suspensa    Family: Oleaceae (Jasmine family) Synonyms: Ligustrum suspensum, Syringa suspensa Weeping Forsythia is a deciduous shrub native to China, and probably bordering north-eastern parts of India. It is cultivated as a showy but tough flowering plant. Branches are spreading or pendulous - branchlets are yellow-brown or gray-brown, with hollow internodes. Leaves are simple, sometimes 3-parted to trifoliate. Leaf stalks are 0.8-1.5 cm. Leaf blade is ovate, broadly ovate, or elliptic-ovate, 2-10 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, somewhat leathery, smooth or sometimes velvety. Golden yellow flowers with 4 petals appear solitary or 2 to several in leaf axils. Flowers-stalks are 5-6 mm long. Sepals are oblong, 6-7 mm. Flower tube is nearly equal to the sepals - petals are obovate- oblong or oblong, 1.2-2 cm. Pistil is 5-7 mm in flowers with stamens 3-5 mm. Capsule is ovoid to long ellipsoid, 1.2-2.5 cm × 6-12 mm, with scattered lenticels. Flowering: March-April.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks ks,  Saroj ji

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Forsythia suspensa (Introduced) ?

Group discussion at

Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (google.com)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Forsythia suspensa (Introduced) ?

Group discussion at

Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (google.com)

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Date: Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 7:33:19 PM UTC+5:30
Subject: Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

[Saroj Kasaju]

Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju