Monsoon 2011 - Fruiting Red - 29Aug2011AR01 from Bhagamandala

[raghu ananth]

Monsoon flora 2011 - Fruiting Red - 29Aug2011AR01 from  Bhagamandala

Date/Time-

27 Jul 2011 04.31

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Bhagamandala, Coorg, Karnataka, 1535 meter

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild, Western ghats, Monsoon, rainy day

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Looks like a Shrub, 

Height/Length-approx -

3-4 feet

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 5-6cms. Alternate, elliptic,  leaf stem has thorns.

Inflorescence Type/ Size-

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-  Round, Red, 2-3cms, smooth surface, 

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-Leaves eaten by insects 

No. of such plant sightings/Abundane 1

Regards

Raghu

[Neil Soares]

Hi ,  This is the Cup and Saucer plant [Breynia retusa]. Will send some of my more recent photographs of this later.                        Regards,                          Neil Soares. --- On Mon, 8/29/11, raghu ananth <ragh...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[raghu ananth]

Yes it is- Breynia retusa.  

Villagers call - Billisul (Coorg, ),

Many thanks for the ID help.

Regards

Raghu

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From: Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com>
To: efloraofindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>; raghu ananth <ragh...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, 29 August 2011 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:78679] Monsoon 2011 - Fruiting Red - 29Aug2011AR01 from Bhagamandala

[Satish Phadke]

Breynia retusa indeed...

[Ushadi micromini]

Raghu ji: nice depiction....

only heard of it... never seen it in real life, photo seen first on
flowers of india...
and now here, yours...... thanks

Called Kamboi કમબોઈ or Kali kamboi કાળી કમબોઈ in Gujarati and
Sanskrit...
for Sanskrit just write it in Devanagari script...

sometimes twigs are used by tribals as datuns...

usha di
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On Aug 29, 7:58 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Breynia retusa* indeed...
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:55 PM, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > *Monsoon flora 2011 - Fruiting Red - 29Aug2011AR01 from  Bhagamandala*
> > *
> > *
> > *

> > Date/Time-
> > 27 Jul 2011 04.31
> > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Bhagamandala, Coorg, Karnataka, 1535 meter
> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild, Western ghats, Monsoon, rainy day
> > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Looks like a Shrub,
> > Height/Length-approx -
> > 3-4 feet
> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 5-6cms. Alternate, elliptic,  leaf stem has
> > thorns.
> > Inflorescence Type/ Size-
> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-
> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-  Round, Red, 2-3cms, smooth surface,
> > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-Leaves eaten by
> > insects
> > No. of such plant sightings/Abundane 1
>
> > Regards
> > Raghu

> > *

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Photographed recently at my farm. My previous photographs of this are available at this link :   https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/361896d06e86116c/19635df0ff689532?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Breynia+retusa+Neil+Soares#19635df0ff689532

Monsoon flora 2011 - Fruiting Red - 29Aug2011AR01 from  Bhagamandala

[Mohan V. Chunkath]

Dear Raghu ji,

Thanks for sharing the lovely photograph and starting the thread.

Regards,

Mohan

[Mohan V. Chunkath]

Dear Raghu ji,

Incidentally, the bug is Chrysochoris stolli.

Cheers,

Mohan