Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:51886] hello,

Neil Soares

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Oct 25, 2010, 2:28:46 PM10/25/10

to efloraofindia, Dinesh Valke, Shrikant Ingalhalikar, promila chaturvedi, Gurcharan Singh

Hi Prof. Singh,

This is Lagerstroemia flos-regina / L.speciosa / Jarul / Taman. Have 4 species of Lagerstroemias on my farm. Sending a few photographs of one of my Jarul trees for comparison.

Regards,

Neil Soares.

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From: Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:51886] hello,
To: "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups.com>, "Dinesh Valke" <dinesh...@gmail.com>, "Shrikant Ingalhalikar" <le...@rediffmail.com>, "promila chaturvedi" <thegardener...@gmail.com>
Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 10:48 PM

Resurfacing again for ID

Earlier feedback

Shrikant ji....................................his seems to be an urban tree of Lagerstroemia reginae or Tamhan. Pls
provide info in the prescribed format to help quick ID. Regards,

Promila ji......................................It seems to be L.flos-reginae. Let the expert study the character

Lagerstroemia reginae is now correctly known as L. hirsuta (according to GRIN as well as Hortus Third)

L. flos-reginae is now correctly known as L. speciosa

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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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/

The leaves are oblong in L. hirsuta and elliptic-oblong and more pointed in L. speciosa. Also the veins are more prominent in latter.

To me it looks like L. hirsuta

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From: asmita divekar <asmita...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:30 AM
Subject: [efloraofindia:49363] hello,
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help me identify this tree

Regards,

Ar.Asmita Divekar.

Jarul flowering & fruiting.jpg

Lagerstroemia flos-regina, L.speciosa,Jarul,Taman flowers.jpg

Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 25, 2010, 3:36:45 PM10/25/10

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Neil ji

It would be useful if you send photograph of L. reginae/L.hirsuta, if you have it in your farm.

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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/

Neil Soares

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Oct 26, 2010, 12:19:52 AM10/26/10

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Hi Prof. Singh,

Just spoke to Dr. Almeida. Though Lagerstroemia hirsuta [syn. Adambea hirsuta / syn. Solularia malabarica / syn. L. rottleri] is included in his 'Flora of Maharashtra', it was only on a single, isolated possibly dubious report. Dr.Almeida has never ever seen this species, and, in fact went so far as to say that he even doubts its very existence.