Request for Species Id DKV 17062011-1

[Dev Kumar]

Mhow, Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Seen on the roadside. The flowers are very much like that of the
besharam ( Ipomoea carnea) but the leaves are thicker and of a
different shape.

Thanks
Dev

[H S]

hi,
It is Cryptostegia grandiflora from family Apocynaceae
Commonly called as Rubber vine.

regards,

--
- H.S.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of
stone

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Cryptostegia grandiflora, and unlike Ipomoea carnea it is a woody climber.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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[Ushadi micromini]

Beautiful flowers, no doubt...
BUT....
ANOTHER FOUL WEED...
this was new to me... so I googled it...
this is what I learned...in very very short...
its a weedy problem of great significance....
Horrified at what I found...

Originally from Madagascar, was most likely imported because of its
beautiful flowers...
escaped from gardens, and is now a weed of horrific importance.. Its
seedpods are prolific,
producing up to 800+ seeds each, they fly off when pods open, remain
viable for up to a year,
germinate in moist soil, riverbanks in two weeks, in areas with at
least 400mm rain,
smothers native plants and kills stands of short trees, (there is one
photo from australia...
showing the ghost trees covered with vines..at this link:
http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/rubber_vine_mgt_guide.pdf)

MY question...
since you saw and photographed it from the roadside...
was this plant part of a stand of these?
has agro-forestry department in Maharashtra or Madhya pradesh started
looking at this weed?

Usha di
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