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Milkwood pinwheel

Tabernaemontana coronaria

2 Species ID Suggestions

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago
pikake or Arabian jasmine
Jasminum sambac Jasminum sambac


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10 Comments

PraveenVijayan
PraveenVijayan 12 years ago

Yes Emma.. It's exactly like that.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

no fragrance and it is quite thick to the feel ,isn't it?Also when you pluck it there is some milky kind of fluid?

PraveenVijayan
PraveenVijayan 12 years ago

@Manaswini thanks - its Pinwheel Flower (tagar). Its common in Kerala too.
@ValB.Salares - Its from Apocynaceae family. Thanks :)

Manaswini
Manaswini 12 years ago

This is a very common flower in Bengal known as 'tagar' ...

PraveenVijayan
PraveenVijayan 12 years ago

@shebebusynow - no it doesn't have a scent. but I do feel like it is similar to some kind of gardenia. Trying to drill down

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago

So does it have a scent? The more I look at it, the more it seems similar to gardenia.

PraveenVijayan
PraveenVijayan 12 years ago

I doubt its from Apocynaceae family!!

ValB.Salares
ValB.Salares 12 years ago

This would be from the Apocynaceae family

PraveenVijayan
PraveenVijayan 12 years ago

@shebebusynow - thanks for the suggestion. But it is not Arabian jasmine

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago

Of course the fragrance would clinch the ID!

PraveenVijayan
Spotted by
PraveenVijayan

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Spotted on Dec 26, 2011
Submitted on Dec 26, 2011

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