Thanks, Lalithamba ji, for all the details On 14 Nov 2016 1:03 pm, "Lalithamba Avadhanam" <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Pisonia aculeata* L., *Sp. Pl. 2: 1026. 1753.* > > *Ver.names:* West Indian cock’s spur, prtickly climbing cock’s spur > (Eng.); Peetarinchi, konki poda, pisangi, vasikarana podaపీతరించి, పిసంగి, > కొంకిపొద, వశీకరణపొద (Tel.) > > *Family:* Nyctaginaceae > > *Description: * > > Large scandent, armed shrubs. Axillary spines hooked, 0.5cm long. Leaves > alternate; subsessile; lamina 3-6 × 1.5-3cm, elliptic-ovate, base rounded, > margin entire, apex emarginated, chartaceous. Flowers 3-4mm across, > creamy-white, sessile, aggregated in dense axillary, compound, umbels; > peduncle 3-7cm long. Perianth lobes 5, tube short, lobes triangular. > Stamens 10, in 2 rows, much exerted. Anthocarps 1-1.5 × 0.4-0.6cm, oblong, > 5-angled, with 5 rows of 2 seriate, stipate viscid glands. > > *Habitat & location:* It forms impenetrable bushes in hill side forests. > Photographed at Udayagiri-Sitarampuram ghat road. > > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
