This is *Breynia compressa* (Mull.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr. based on Sauropus compressus Mull.Arg. It is different and distinct from Breynia quadrangularis (J.G. Klein ex Willd.) Chakrab. & N. P. Balakr. (Basionym: Phyllanthus quadrangularis J.G. Klein ex Willd. = Sauropus quadrangularis (J.G. Klein ex Willd.) Mull.Arg.).
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Lalithamba Avadhanam <alalitha...@gmail.com > wrote: > *Plant name: **Sauropus quadrangularis* (Willd.) Müll.Arg., *Linnaea 32: > 73. 1863.* > > *Ver.names:* Triple nerved lizard’s foot (Eng.); Tella vusirika (Tel.). > > *Family: * Phyllanthaceae > > *Description:* > > Erect shrubs 0.5-1 m tall, glabrous throughout; branchlets 4-angled. > Leaves alternate; stipules lanceolate; petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade ovate, or > rounded, 1-2.5 × 0.5-2 cm, membranous, base rounded, apex rounded, > mucronate. Flowers unisexual, axillary, subtended by leaves. Male flowers > 2-3 in axils, 2-3 mm; calyx discoid, 1.5 mm in diam., 6-lobed; apex obtuse > or retuse; disk scales very short; anthers spreading. Female flowers: > Solitary, pedicels 0.5-1cm; lobes 5-7 mm in diam., 6-lobed, biseriate, > outer broadly ovate, inner shorter than outer, rotund; ovary turbinate, > apex truncate; styles 3, bifid at apex, lobes recurved. Capsules ovoid, 4-6mm > across, woody when dry, with a lobed rim, seeds trigonous. > > *Habitat & location:* Limited to S.India. Rare. Found in the foot hills. > Photographed at S.R.Puram-Porumamilla ghat, and Penchalakona forest. > > Thank you > > Regards > > A.Lalithamba > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
