The last two photographs from Near Nandini between Udhampur and Jammu in J & K state, taken on August 22, 2011
-- 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 Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Euphorbia royleana* Boiss. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 83. 1862. > syn: *Euphorbia* *pentagona* Royle > > Common names: Danda thor (Punjab, Jammu), Thor, shakarpitan, suli (Hindi) > Succulent spiny shrub or small tree, up to 6 m tall; branches 5-7 angled, > 5-7 cm thick, angles more or less undulately winged with paired 3-5 mm long > stipular spines on distinct shield, with broad flat faces between; leaves > alternate, sessile or sub-sessile, oblanceolate-spatulate, 5-15 cm long; > cyathia sessile, in threes, yellowish; glands transversely oblong, ochreous; > fruit triradiate, smooth, glabrous. > > Common in subtropical tracts of Morni, Jammu, Udhampur and Jammu, Pakistan > and Nepal. Photographed from Cactus Garden, Panchkula in April, 2011 > > -- > 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/ > >
