Crinum from Andamans

katarina stenman

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Jan 31, 2011, 2:08:51 PM1/31/11

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Photo: 2011-01-08
Elephant Beach, Havelock Island, Andaman Islands
Plant growing on the beach (sandy). Leaves nearly 1 m. No flowers but fruits.
Not sure if Crinum can be identified without flowers. So is this C.asiaticum? or something else.

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Nidhan Singh

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Feb 1, 2011, 4:26:45 AM2/1/11

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Hi,
This looks like C. asiaticum the "Sukhdarshan" as it is popularly called.

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Dr. Nidhan Singh
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Pardeshi S.

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Feb 1, 2011, 7:13:32 AM2/1/11

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Yes Singh ji
it is Crinum asiaticum.
Regards
Satish Pardeshi

Katarina

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Feb 1, 2011, 9:30:09 AM2/1/11

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Thanks.
Katarina

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shrikant ingalhalikar

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Feb 2, 2011, 4:08:42 AM2/2/11

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For C. asiaticum the bulb would have a neck 30 cm long; Leaves to be
flat, nearly 2 m long and 15 cm wide. Scapes have to be 3 cm wide and
upto 1 m long. Regards, Shrikant

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Katarina

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Feb 2, 2011, 4:22:48 AM2/2/11

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This plant can for sure have a bulb neck that is 30 cm long as you
cant see the bulb at all. Leaves length depends on light, nutrients
and water availability so I guess this specimen growing in sand on
sunny sea-shore never will have leaves of 2 m length. There are also
many different cultivars of C.asiaticum that shows a big difference in
general size, leaf shape and colour.

Regards
Katarina

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