This is Sauromatum venosum of Araceae. The flowering is in April. Not a parasite. It has large tubers. Regards, Shrikant
On Jun 29, 8:30 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > A herbaceous plant. growing WILD on Vetal Tekdi Pune. > 1-2 feet in height. > Stem underground. > No flowers seen > Leaves are large15-20 cm in diameter. > Appears to be some Araceae member.?Amorphophalus species? > Interesting finding. > Almost all the plants found in the vicinity were near the roots of nearby > big trees which included Ain(Terminalia elliptica) Moi, Bartondi etc. Can > this be a root parasite? > Dr Phadke > > DSCN9778s.jpg > 131KViewDownload > > DSCN9779s.jpg > 114KViewDownload > > DSCN9780s.jpg > 122KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.