Thanks to Balakrishnan-ji for his expert opinion and to Garg-ji for keeping alive. The superb mentoring by Dr B to botanists and non-botanists ( like myself) during Euphorbiaceae week. was memorable.
Balakrishnan-ji, I would be grateful to learn some distinctive characteristics for this species and which are other very similar species ? Below are some descriptive details for the plant seen and 1 close-up of flower. Thanks and regards ASinha · Stems prostrate ,upto 12" long, glabrous , tinged red, · Leaves opposite, oblong ovate, upper flowering shoot leaves entire, apex rounded, base obliquely rounded/ sub-cordate, elongated oval area red spot(s) , adaxially green, abaxially glaucous, leathery, venation obscure except for central; stipules jointed into triangular shape with broken apex · Inflorescence on one side only at each pair of nodes, short flowering shoot (or leafy few flowered cyme); Ovary stalked exserted from cyathia, , red; Male flowers in 4 clusters all around the ovary, filaments appear connected and of varying heights about half height of ovary · Lf blade 10-13mm x 5 -6mm; Petiole 1- 1.5mm, Cyathia 3mm, appendages reniform/ U shaped 3mm transversally, Ovary 1mm long On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Nambiyath Balakrishnan <npbal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, this appears to be Euphorbia corrigioloides Boiss. > N.P. Balakrishnan > 21-11-2014 > > On 21 November 2014 17:39, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: greenearth <sinha.i...@gmail.com> >> Date: 15 November 2014 14:40 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:206229] Pls check ID : Euphorbia corrigioloides? >> from Chennai >> To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >> >> >> Plant growing wild at the edge of paddy field outside Chennai. >> >> All parts glabrous, tinged red ( mature capsules not seen ), flowering >> in October, >> leaves entire with an oval red spot, somewhat leathery. >> Seems to be E.corrigioloides. (referred on e-flora of Karaikal District >> <http://www.eflorakkl.in/>.) >> >> Please confirm or otherwise >> Thanks >> ASinha >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-26vd2G1HYmY/VGcXSczUCVI/AAAAAAAAAYI/UYbYS1-uH5w/s1600/GE-E.corrig-Hb.jpg> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I7VTIme3o04/VGcXTdouvGI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/xJh9SKeFoAI/s1600/GE-E.corrig-FlrShoot.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
