In nature plants have stem little constricted after a distance, but in cultivated forms it is not visible. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 3:57:48 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh 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, from > Chakrata, J & K and Delhi. > > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
