Thanks Rashida ji for initiating Euphorbiaceae week. Hope to have good uploads from members.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > Here's a interesting example of the interdependence of plants and birds. > Jatropha integerrima Jacq. from my compound in Mumbai. This shrub flowers > almost throughout the year. The leaves have been stitched together for a > nest by the ingenious little tailor bird ! > > The leaves are alternate, stipulate and panduraeform or fiddle shaped, > cordate, at the base with 3-4 glandular teeth on each side near the base, > smooth dark green above, pale or purplish tinged below. Flowers in terminal > corymbose cymes, monoecious or dioecious. > > regards, > Rashida. >
