12022012 TBN Plant for id from Alagarkoil

[T.Badrinarayanan]

Dear friends, Please identify this plant , details as follows : Date: 18.2.11 Location:Alagarkoil Habitat: Wild Habit: Small tree Height:10 feet  Leaves :as in picture  flowers and fruits  as depicted Tamil name:  not known Please do the needful, Regards, Dr T .Badri Narayanan

[Balkar Singh]

Looks Any Rubiaceae member

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[Dinesh Valke]

Looks very similar to Ixora brachiata (family: Rubiaceae)
Regards.
Dinesh

[Prashant Awale]

Dear Dinesh,
First I too thought the same but the Corolla tube looks bit longer. In case of I. brachiata it is usually shorter, around 5 to 6 mm.
Regards
Prashant

[Giby Kuriakose]

Wow, a plant from Alagar Kovil forests, I think this is the first upload of a plant species from this pristine forests near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

Could it be Ixora parviflora, "the torch tree". 

Prashant ji got it right about the length of the corolla tube. 

Regards

Giby

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[Muthu Karthick]

Yes Gibyji, DrBatri is the first one sending the pictures from that place. Even I couldn't make trip to there where my home is hardly 10km away.

I also think that this is I.parviflora.

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[Giby Kuriakose]

Very nice to know that Muthu ji is from near Alagar Kovil. 

I had a chance to visit Alagar Kovil when I did my MSc there in Madurai (SN College, Perumgudi) and the place is simply amazing. 

I am happy to see an upload from that pristine area and I hope to see more from Alagar Kovil. 

Thanks and Regards

Giby

[T.Badrinarayanan]

Dear Balkarji,Dineshji,Gibyji,Prashantji,Muthuji and friends, Many thanks for your response.I am learning quite a lot.The mistake that i did was not to measure the length of the corolla.  Regards, Dr T.Badri Narayanan  Ophthalmologist and birder --- On Mon, 13/2/12, Muthu Karthick <nmk...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Giby Kuriakose]

We are awaiting much more uploads from Alagarkoil. I am pretty sure that you will show us many new and unique plants from that area. 

I remember seeing a rare Habenaria (a ground orchid with white flowers) at the top, after the koil, where we get a slight open area with grasses and some trees intermixed. I remember that I could see a nice valley immediately after the place where I saw that Habenaria. My teachers were very particular about no collection because of permission issues and that time nobody had a camera. I still remember that flower that I never ever seen after that. I would be happy to see that Habenaria. 

Thanks and Regards

Giby