This plant is Ecbolium for sure. It can grow in garden. There are
three possibilities i) dispersed by dispersal agent ii) planted by
someone iii) carried along with green manure or dry leaves. I think it
is Ecbolium ligustrinum (Acanthaceae).
Regards
Giby
On Jun 6, 10:34 am, raghu ananth <
raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Rajesh,
>
> This flower grows on its own in my home garden. (Info: Our region is considered to be semi deciduous, not Western ghats )
>
> Regards
> Raghu
>
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> Sent: Sun, 6 June, 2010 10:44:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:37306] Flowering plant for ID | 06Jun10AR02
>
> Hi Dinesh,
> Mr. Ananth's supporting data sheet suggest that the flower was photographed in garden/park of Mysore Ditsrict (Western Ghats). Wherein as if we speak abt this flower (ekboli) is only recorede in wilderness of maharashtra. can someone throw light on it, since I've seen this shrub in matheran, Rajmachi, Bhimashankar & Tungareshwar (SGNP).
>
> --
> Regards
> Rajesh Sachdev
>
> On 6 June 2010 09:26, Dinesh Valke <
dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >...Ecbolium ligustrinum (syn. Ecbolium linneanum) ... commonly known as: green ice crossandra, green shrimp plant, turquoise crossandra • Hindi: udajati • Kannada: kappubobbuli, kappukuruni • Malayalam: karinkurinni, kuranta, koranda • Marathi: धाकटा अडुळसा dhakta adulsa, एकबोली ekboli, रान आबोली ran aboli • Oriya: piccokatho • Sanskrit: निल साहचर nila-sahacarah, साहचर sahacarah, sairyakah • Tamil: நீலாம்பரி nilambari • Telugu: chikatiquratappa, నక్కతోక nakkatoka, pachavadambaramu
>
> >Not much is discussed about the current names of Ecbolium species, their synonymy
>
> >Regards.
>
> >On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:54 AM, raghu ananth <
raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>Yes, it is - Ecbolium linneanum
>
> >>From our eflora link
> >>
http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/e...
>
> >>Thanks / Regards
>
> >>Raghu
>
> ________________________________
> From: tanay
>
>
>
>
>
> >> bose <
tanaybos...@gmail.com>
> >>To: raghu ananth <
raghu_...@yahoo.com>
> >>Cc:
indian...@googlegroups.com
> >>Sent: Sun, 6 June, 2010 12:33:57 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:37280] Flowering plant for ID | 06Jun10AR02
>
> >>Ecbolium linneanum Kurz (Acanthaceae) I hope !!
> >>>>Tanay
>
> >>On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:21 AM, raghu ananth <
raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>Flowering plant for ID | 06Jun10AR02
>
> >>>Date/Time
> >>> : >>>
>
> >>>11 May 2010 19:32
>
> >>>Location- Place, altitude and GPS: Int my home garden, Krishna raja nagar, Mysore district, 12 26'31.12"N 76 22'56.72"E, 2658 feet
>
> >>>Habitat- garden/ urban/wild/type: Town, Garden
>
> >>>Plant Habit-tree/shrub/climber/herb: Shrub
>
> >>>Height/length: 1-2 feet
>
> >>>Leaves-type/shape/size: Elliptic, acute,
> >>> cuneate/ 6 cms
>
> >>>Inflorescence
> >>> type /size:
> >>>-
>
> >>>Flowers-size/colour/calyx/bracts:
> >>>2-3cms/Light Blue/
>
> >>>Fruits type-shape/size/seeds: -
>
> >>>Fragrance/odour/pollinator/uses and so on: -
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