Kerala Wildflower ID request

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Sushmita Jha

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Oct 22, 2010, 8:04:17 AM10/22/10
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Dear all,
just returned from a wonderful 6 days in Silent Valley and Thattekad. Would appreciate ID of the attached images.
Many thanks.
Sushmita Jha
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PurpleFlower-ID2-Thattekad.jpg
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harithasandhya

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Oct 28, 2010, 12:05:34 PM10/28/10
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Dear Sushmita,

I think the purple flower belongs to the genus Torenia (Family
Scrophulariaceae). I don't know the species. We call it 'kakka
poovu' (crow flower) in Malayalam which used to be common in our paddy
lands and wetlands.

Regards,
Sandhya
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Vijayasankar

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Oct 28, 2010, 12:17:26 PM10/28/10
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I think Sandhya ji is right. It can be Torenia asiatica (= T. bicolor).
The first picture could be of a Burmannia species.

Regards

Vijayasankar


Prashant awale

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Oct 28, 2010, 12:32:03 PM10/28/10
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The first one looks like Burmannia coelestis.
regards
Prashant

Sushmita Jha

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Oct 28, 2010, 1:02:28 PM10/28/10
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Thank you all for help with the IDs of the two beauties.
Sushmita

JM Garg

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Oct 28, 2017, 9:25:00 AM10/28/17
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Vijayasankar ji is right.
These images are of Torenia bicolor Dalzell 
PurpleFlower-ID3-Thattekad.jpg
PurpleFlower-ID2-Thattekad.jpg
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Sushmita Jha

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Oct 28, 2017, 10:12:49 AM10/28/17
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Thank you, Garg ji. I saw this same flower last month in Sri Lanka also. 
Is efloraofindia able to help me with some other wild flowers of Sri Lanka? Or is the forum limited to India only?
Regards,
Sushmita

Sushmita Jha


J.M. Garg

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Oct 28, 2017, 2:12:03 PM10/28/17
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We can give a try if sufficiently good images are available. 

Sushmita Jha

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Oct 28, 2017, 2:28:19 PM10/28/17
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Thank you, Garg ji. I will collect them together from my pile of pictures and send them for IDs.
Gratefully,
Sushmita

Sushmita Jha


Saroj Kumar Kasaju

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Jan 1, 2021, 11:48:14 AM1/1/21
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Last 3 images Torenia bicolor Dalz. !

And first image is close to Burmannia coelestis D.Don .
Thank you
Saroj Kasaju

Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 16, 2021, 9:20:56 AM7/16/21
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Forwarding for ID
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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 16, 2021, 9:21:41 AM7/16/21
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Forwarding for ID
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