Thanks Muthu, for showing us a new plant. The local name leads to *Brachychiton rupestris *belonging to Malvaceae (also placed in Sterculiaceae).
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > Kindly help to id this Euphorbiaceae member, planted in a big pot at a > nursery near Chennai. The plant is not flowering that time. The local trade > name is 'Bottle tree' as this have bottle-like butress > > Date: 08 Jan 2011 > Place: Padappai, Chennai > Altitude: c 10 msl > > Height of tree: 1-2 M > Leaf rachis: 20 cm > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > >
