13042011GS1 tree for ID from Panchkula

[Gurcharan Singh]

13042011GS1 tree for ID from Panchkula 

The tree about 4 m tall was growing in Panchkula Cactus garden, leaves palmately lobed, hairy especially beneath, about 8-12 cm broad, cordate; flowers yellow with purplish brown eye, reminding of Thunbergia flowers about 4-5 cm across, but the calyx has 5 linear teeth. Photographed on April 9, 2011.

--
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
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[rajank]

this plant may be from fam.. convolvulaceae.

rajank.

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[sheetal chaudhari]

but it doesn't  have star,   the peculiar characteristic of Convolvulaceae member.

Regards,

Sheetal Pachpande

[Ushadi micromini]

Dear Dr. Singh ji:
Even though I am very new to this group.... and not a botanist, but I
have seen this on many occasions....
and just like you me too, I always thought that the flowers looked
remarkably like Thumbergia alata. That's a vine.... and the leaves
are different...

may I take a bold step and suggest a name... I think my diagnosis is
correct based on these two pictures....
its a plant colloquially called the Sesame tree. Its a member of
family Pedaliacae, to be specific its name is
*Uncarina grandidieri *.... originally from Madagascar... found in
many sun-rooms in homes and hothouses in NY often grown in the same
sort of climate control as various cacti, so your finding it in a
cactus garden in North India seems very appropriate.

Thanks for reading this.
Usha Desai MD (aka Usha di)

On Apr 13, 7:45 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Nidhan Singh]

Hi,
Thanks Usha Ji, you are quite quite close to proper id. This is a new
plant for me.
Regards,
--
Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
Ph.: 09416371227

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks a lot Usha ji. 

You are on spot. Yes it is Uncarina grandidieri, also known as succulent Sesame

Thanks a lot again

-- 
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
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Ushadi micromini <micromi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Dr. Singh ji:
Even though I am very new to this group.... and not a botanist, but I
have seen this on many occasions....
and just like you me too, I always thought that the flowers looked
remarkably like Thumbergia alata.  That's a vine....  and the leaves
are different...

may I take a bold step and suggest a name... I think my diagnosis is
correct based on these two pictures....
its a plant colloquially called the Sesame tree.  Its a member of
family Pedaliacae, to be specific its name is
*Uncarina grandidieri *.... originally from Madagascar... found in
many sun-rooms in homes and hothouses in NY often grown in the same
sort of climate control as various cacti, so your finding it in a
cactus garden in North India seems very appropriate.

Thanks for reading this.
Usha Desai MD (aka Usha di)

On Apr 13, 7:45 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

[tanay bose]

Bravo Usha ji indeed Uncarina grandidieri as suggested by you !!

Tanay

--

Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
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[Ushadi micromini]

Dear Dr Singh ji: thanks, do you have pictures of the whole 4 foot
tree...
I am curious to know how does it grow in "open air" in India...
thanks
Usha di

On Apr 14, 9:20 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Usha ji.
> You are on spot. Yes it is Uncarina grandidieri, also known as succulent
> Sesame
>
> Thanks a lot again
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com

[Gurcharan Singh]

Unfortunately not, only photographs of twigs. There were two three tree almost 12-15  feet  tall with spreading crown.

-- 
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
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[ushadi Micromini]

Dear Tanay and Nidhan Singhji and Gurcharan ji:   Thank you for appreciation...the name Sesame tree always intrigued me ... never having seen fruits develop on these trees where they grow, being inside hothouses, there aren't natural pollinators available I guess.... so it would be interesting to find out what happens in Panchkula where its growing in open air. Usha di