hip-OH-bro-muh — from the Greek hippos (horse) and bromos (rage, fury), referring to its poison that drives horses mad
lon-jee-FLO-ruh — long flower
Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: horse poison, star flower, star of Bethlehem

Native of: West Indies

Images by Alka Khare (1), Prashant (2) and Dinesh Valke (3)

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Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Campanulaceae ::Laurentia longiflora at Mumbai: Sharing few Photographs of Hippobroma longiflora.
Family: Campanulaceae.
Location: Mumbai.

Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Campanulaceae :: Hippobroma longiflora at Malabar Hill, Mumbai: Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G.Donhip-OH-bro-muh — from the Greek hippos (horse) and bromos (rage, fury), referring to its poison that drives horses mad
lon-jee-FLO-ruh — long flower
  … Dave’s Botanary

Oct 28, 2007 … at Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens, Mumbai
commonly known as: horse poison, star flower, star of Bethlehem
Native of: West Indies
References: Flowers of IndiaDave’s Garden
more views:Mar 18, 2007 … at Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens, Mumbai

this plant is non-native, only found in gardens of India.


… non-native, already put in the thread above. Native to West Indies.

 

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Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Campanulaceae ::Laurentia longiflora at Mumbai:: PKA4 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3).
Hippobroma longiflora.
(Family: Campanulaceae.)
Location: Mumbai.


Interesting plant and nice pictures!


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Campanulaceae and Gentianaceae Fortnight :: Hippobroma longiflora from Mumbai :: ARKJUL-03 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).

Attached is a picture of Hippobroma longiflora from a flower show in Mumbai in January 2013.

Requested to please validate the ID.


It is Hippobroma longiflora


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SK1399 01 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)- around 600 kb each.
Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong 
Date: 12 August 2018
Elevation: 1300 ft.
Habit : Wild

Hippobroma longiflora


Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G.Don

Thank you …



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HAL 18 16/11/14 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
Please ID this medicinal plant. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2013


It is a short herbaceous plant about 0.4m. The stem has slight purplish/blackish-purple tinge, yes stem has ridges. under surface us sparsely hairy. flowers are white jasmine like and the fruits are axillary


Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G.Don