Malvaceae week :: Kydia calycina

[Dinesh Valke]

Kydia calycina Roxb.

• KID-ee-uh -- named for Col Robert Kyd, first director of Calcutta Botanical Garden
• ka-LEE-kin-uh -- having a persistent (or conspicuous) calyx

Male flowers ... please validate Oct 25, 2008 at Karnala Bird Sanctuary

Female flowers ... please validate Oct 19, 2007 along ghat road reaching Kas plateau

commonly known as: kydia • Assamese: কুকুহা kukuha, পিছোলা pichhola • Bengali: পোলা pola • Gujarati: મોટી હીરવણી moti hirwani • Hindi: पट्ठा pattha, पुला pula, पुलिया pulia • Kannada: ಬೆಮ್ದೆ bende • Konkani: वारंग warang • Malayalam: കാട്ടാവണക്ക് വെളളടച്ചി kaattaavanakk velalatacci, വീമ്പ് viimp • Manipuri: khabi • Marathi: रान भेंडी ranbhendi, वरंग or वारंग warang • Nepalese: पुलिया pulia • Oriya: bankopasia • Sikkimese: kubinde • Tamil: பூலா pula • Telugu: పోతరి potari • Urdu: kapasia

Native to: China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam

• ... Oct 19, 2007 along ghat road reaching Kas plateau
• ... Oct 25, 2008 at Karnala Bird Sanctuary
• ... Oct 25, 2008 at Karnala Bird Sanctuary
• ... Dec 6, 2008 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
• ... Jan 10, 2009 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
• ... for more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Kydiacalycina&m=tags

Regards.
Dinesh

[Tanay Bose]

I think you are correct Dinesh ji

about the gender specificity of Kydia

Tanay

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many many thanks, Tanay.
Regards.
Dinesh