Request for ID : 250111 : AK-3

[Aarti S. Khale]

Taken at Nairobi,Kenya in January,2009.
Plant about 4-5 feet in height.
Crepe Ginger?
Aarti

[Pankaj Kumar]

This doesnt look like Cheilocostus speciosus to me. Yellow flowered
one could be Dimerocostus strobilaceus.
Regards
Pankaj

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[Balkar Arya]

Good catch Aarti Ji

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Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
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[tanay bose]

Dimerocostus strobilaceus

Tanay

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Dear all,
Thanks for the id.
Balkar ji....thanks for appreciating the picture.
Aarti

On 1/26/11, tanay bose <tanay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dimerocostus strobilaceus
> Tanay
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Balkar Arya <balka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good catch Aarti Ji
>>
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>> Regards
>>
>> Dr Balkar Singh
>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
>> Arya P G College, Panipat
>> Haryana-132103
>> 09416262964
>>
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>
>
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> *Tanay Bose*

> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
> Department of Botany.
> University of British Columbia .
> 3529-6270 University Blvd.
> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
> 604-822-2019 (Lab)
> 604-822-6089 (Fax)
> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca

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