Thank you Rashida ji, Gurcharan ji for your inputs. Regards,
Samir On Mar 11, 4:31 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I doubt Samir ji's plant being E. caducifolia. This can be verified from > careful comparison with type specimen attached by Rashida ji and the > following links > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvblogger/3327843177/ > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvblogger/3327843177/>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_caducifolia > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_caducifolia> > > E. caducifolia is more like E. nivulia in stem without angles, > differentiated from latter in absence of distinct trunk with branches > arising from base, smaller leaves (3-8 cm long) and longer spines 0.5-1 cm > (leaves 10-25 cm long, spines shorter than 0.5 cm in E. nivulia). > > To me the above plants appears E. neriifolia with spirally arranged spines > on low angles. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Rashida Atthar > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Attaching the type specimen. Keeping the size larger than normal so that > > the sketches are seen. > > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Rashida Atthar > > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Yes indeed it is Euphorbia caducifolia Haines. This was also the missing > >> one from the panaroma posted so far ! Thanks. Some keys > > >> A pale green, dense, fleshy, dendroid shrub , upto 2 m high, with numerous > >> branches arising from the very base. -Aima's book pg 194. > > >> Branches angular; stipular spines on prominent tubercles arranged in > >> spirals; leaves obovate or lanceolate; cyathia red- Dr. Almeida's flora , > >> Vol IV-B, pg ; 304. > >> The milky juice is used for colds and applied for blisters on the skin > >> The leaves are eaten and rarely sold in the market as a vegatable. -Aima > >> -pg > >> 194. > > >> regards, > >> Rashida. > > >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Samir Mehta <samirmeht...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> Euphorbia caducifolia Haines, Indian Forester 1914, xl. 154. > > >>> @ Khargar Hills on 20-02-11. > > >>> Hope id is correct. > > >>> Regards, > > >>> Samir Mehta
