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Flowers, some Indian, and Tennyson

April 19, 2015|Free Art

The following Public Domain artworks are from the book Familiar Indian Flowers by Lena Lowis published by Thacker and Co., Bombay, 1878. While they may have been familiar flowers in India at this time to British colonialists, not all are natives e.g Poinsettia. Those with ‘indica‘ as the species epithet (the second part of the latin name) give an indication of plants that might be ‘of india’. Yet Opuntia ficus-indica, a.k.a Indian fig or Prickly pear, is from Mexico, proving that plant names don’t always lead you in the right direction.

At the start of the book is part of a poem by Tennyson. While also not native to India (rather Baghdad), it offers a dreamy vision of an exotic garden, one that we can imagine existing somewhere in the East.

On either side,
All round about the fragrant marge,
* * * * * Eastern flowers large,
Some dropping low their crimson bells,
Half closed, and others studded wide
With disks and tears.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Thence thro’ the garden I was drawn—
A realm of pleasance, many a mound
And many a shadow-chequered lawn
Full of the city’s stilly sound,
And deep myrrh-thickets blowing round
The stately cedar, tamarisks,
Thick rosaries of scented thorn,
Tall Orient shrubs.

Recollections of the Arabian Nights, 1830.

The original plant name is written below the image as it is printed on the picture. Where the currently accepted name differs significantly for the plant when checked against The Catalogue of Life it is written in italics. The common name or names, if known, comes after that care of Wikipedia.

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Indian floraLagerstroemia indica, Crape myrtle, Crepe myrtle
indian floraMussaenda macrophylla, Sweet root

Indian floraPlumbago capensis, Plumbago auriculata, Blue plumbago

Indian floraRusselia juncea, Russelia equisetiformis, Firecracker plant, Coral plant, Coral fountain, Coralblow and Fountain plant

Indian floraPoinciana pulcherrima, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Poinciana, Peacock flower, Red bird of paradise

Indian floraPetraea stapelia

Indian floraCalistemon linearis, Callistemon linearis, Narrow-leaved bottlebrush

Indian floraHibiscus rosa linensis, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Chinese hibiscus

Indian floraTecoma jasminoides, Pandorea jasminoides
Tecoma velutina, Tecoma stans var. velutina, yellow trumpetbush

indian flowersClitoria ternatea, Butterfly pea, Blue pea, Cordofan pea, Asian pigeonwings

indian flowersClerodendron inermis, Volkameria inermis, Glory bower

indian flowersThevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia, Yellow oleander

indian flowersDuranta plumieri, Duranta erecta, Golden Dewdrop, Pigeon berry, Skyflower

indian flowersQuisqualis indica, Combretum indicum, Chinese honeysuckle or Rangoon creeper

indian flowersAcacia farnesiana, Needle bush

indian flowersThunbergia laurifolia, Laurel clock vine, Blue trumpet vine

indian flowersPoinsettia pulcherrima, Poinsettia

indian flowersConvonvulus pentanthus, Jacquemontia pentantha

indian flowersGloriosa superba, flame lily, climbing lily, creeping lily, glory lily, gloriosa lily, tiger claw, and fire lily. kalihari (Hindi), Kaanthal (Tamil)

indian flowersBougainvillea glabra, Lesser bougainvillea, Paperflower

indian flowersBauhinia acuminata, Dwarf white bauhinia, White orchid-tree, Snowy orchid-tree and শ্বেত কাঞ্চন(Bengali).

indian flowersArgyreia nervosa, Hawaiian baby woodrose, Adhoguda अधोगुडा, Vidhara विधारा (Sanskrit), Elephant creeper, Woolly morning glory

indian flowersEuphorbia bojeri, Euphorbia milii var. milii, crown of thorns, Christ plant, Christ thorn

indian flowersBignonia venusta, Pyrostegia venusta, orange trumpet

indian flowersBarleria cristata, Barleria cristata, Philippine violet, Bluebell barleria, Crested Philippine violet

Indian plantsQuamoclit pennatum, Ipomoea quamoclit, Cypress vine, Cypressvine morning glory, Cardinal creeper, Cardinal vine, Star glory, Hummingbird vine,

public domain Indian plantsOpuntia vulgaris, Opuntia ficus-indica, Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig, Cactus pear, Spineless cactus, Prickly pear

public domain Indian plantsBeaumontia grandiflora

public domain Indian plantsJatropha multifida, Coral plant

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