tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83396212055319421552024-08-29T04:54:10.167-07:00Flowers Plants & TreesBotanist agree that presently there are about 2,45,000 species of flowering plants on earth and these have been grouped in to 430 families, depending on the authority concerned. However, a basic knowledge of angiosperms can be acquired by a study of a selected group of families.
The fact that a species has been named should make no essential difference in the way in which it is treated. The proper aim is not to name the species but to know them.Bapu Gosavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405914711957705266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339621205531942155.post-38678430433568892742010-12-10T05:24:00.000-08:002010-12-10T05:25:10.162-08:00Abutilon indicum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKjQzJSEP3w_NgiHoON4ABku8dXCnLhdsvPLgoMVejjWfOuNm0W9xUSoByIsTvEN3_kF2rAAALMMPStBzh9wK_w9YaHRplM8DyNTbMhlmQCV9zM00X8KQ-Ml0A9M9aV_IxQP_NMAQd66N/s1600/Abutilon_indicum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKjQzJSEP3w_NgiHoON4ABku8dXCnLhdsvPLgoMVejjWfOuNm0W9xUSoByIsTvEN3_kF2rAAALMMPStBzh9wK_w9YaHRplM8DyNTbMhlmQCV9zM00X8KQ-Ml0A9M9aV_IxQP_NMAQd66N/s320/Abutilon_indicum.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<u>Abutilon</u> <u>indicum</u>Bapu Gosavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405914711957705266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339621205531942155.post-35342309875810179242010-12-09T09:44:00.000-08:002010-12-09T09:44:28.382-08:00Carissa carandas Linn.<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Carissa</u> <u>carandas</u> Linn.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Karvand, Karvanda, Christ’s thorn.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A large evergreen shrub to 5m with a short stem, globrous except the inflorescence, both light grey, scaly, branchlets usually without Spines 2-4 cm long at their base;branches usually without spines. Leaves simple, obovate or oblanceolate 2.5 -5 X 2-3 cm, coriaceous, glabrous & shining, base acute to cuneate, apex obtuse or enarginate, tip apiculate, petioles 3-6 mm long, lateral nerves arching towards margin. Inflorescence: 2-3 chotomous, terminal or axillary, peduncles puberulous to 2.5 cm. Flower white, scarcely odorus, pedicels very short, bract linear, pubescent. Calyx lobes 5-4 mm, pubescent, linear – lanceolate, very acute. Corola tube about 1cm long, oblong – lanceolate, acute, often pubescent and cilioate. Stamens 5, attached from above the middle of the tube, filaments 0.5mm, anthers 2.5mm, linear – oblong, stamens included within the corolla tube. Ovary 2 mm , globrous, sty;e 8mm, stigma pointed ovules in each cell. Fruit: berry ellipsoid, 1.5 cm across, purplish to black when ripe, smooth, 4-8 seeded.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flowers: January- April</span></div>Bapu Gosavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405914711957705266noreply@blogger.com0