I have heard of this because of medical literature on contact dermatitis from plants.. never seen it as plant... thanks
commonly also found and used in the middle east as herbal remedy, it juice is known to cause second degree burn like lesions ... so one has to be extra careful if handling these or trying to remove the "weeds" Metin A, Calka O, Akdeniz N, Behcet L. Phytodermatitis from *Ceratocephalus falcatus* Contact Dermatitis 2005;52:314-6. usha di On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Ceratocephalus falcatus* (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1:341, 1805 > > A small annual herb with all basal 3-fid leaves once or twice forked into > linear segments; scape naked; flower terminal, yellow, 10-15 mm in diam; > sepals 5, petals 5; stamens 5-15; achenes many on elongated receptacle, > with basal pouch and falcate beak. > Commonly found on walls or dry grounds. Photographed from Pahalgam > > > 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/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
