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Padmini Raghavan

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Feb 11, 2011, 2:23:08 PM2/11/11

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Please help me id this shrub with flowers that start out white and then become a mustard yellow, (probably the next day.)

I have also clicked the buds. The plant was in a private garden in Chennai.

Thanks,

Padmini Raghavan.

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow 001.jpg

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow 002.jpg

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow 009.jpg

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow 008.jpg

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow 011.jpg

tanay bose

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Feb 11, 2011, 4:10:55 PM2/11/11

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Catunaregam spinosa.... after the pollination is completed in the

flower color changes from white to yellow.

Tanay

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Vijayasankar

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Feb 11, 2011, 7:59:21 PM2/11/11

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This may be Gardenia volkensii.

https://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=gardenia_volkensii

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Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
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shrikant ingalhalikar

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Feb 11, 2011, 10:26:40 PM2/11/11

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Yes, there is another plant of this genus (Brunfelsia calycina) that
is called Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, but this one is B. americana. It
can be called only Y&T because it changes colour only from white to
yellow. This is from Solanaceae, you can see alternate leaves. Regards

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Mahadeswara

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Feb 12, 2011, 8:42:11 AM2/12/11

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Brunfelsia species

On Feb 12, 12:23 am, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Padmini Raghavan

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Feb 12, 2011, 12:41:09 PM2/12/11

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Thanks a ton for the suggestion.

I think it is a Brunsfelsia americana, though I saw it in the daytime and so did not notice any fragrance. Also there were no fruit to be seen.

I have seen the Brunsfelsia pauciflora on a clove plantation in Cumini, Kerala and on a coffee estate in Coorg. What a wonderful perfume the shrub/ small tree gave out!

Thanks and regards,

Padmini Raghavan.

Vijayasankar

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Feb 12, 2011, 6:11:45 PM2/12/11

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I agree with Shrikant ji's id. Sorry for the wrong suggestion.

Thanks

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

Gurcharan Singh

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Feb 12, 2011, 10:03:27 PM2/12/11

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I too think Brunfelsia americana

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Padmini Raghavan

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Feb 17, 2011, 1:06:33 PM2/17/11

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Manyhanks for the confirmation,

Regards,

Padmini Raghavan.

Padmini Raghavan

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Feb 17, 2011, 1:06:55 PM2/17/11

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Many thanks for the confirmation,

Regards,

Padmini Raghavan.

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