Thanks, Lalithamba ji, for a new addition to efi. On 26 August 2016 at 12:12, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Plant name: Caralluma stalagmifera C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew > 1925: 430. 1925. > Ver.names: Dark purple caralluma (Eng.); kundeti kommuluకుందేటికొమ్ములు > (Tel.). > Family: Apocynaceae > Description: > Perennial leafless herbs in dense clumps; 25–40 cm in height; stems > 4-angled, leafless, 1-1.2 cm across, greyish green with brown mottling and > whitish ribs. Leaves early cauducous. Flowers dark purple, 1-1.5cm across, > axillary, solitary. Calyx 5-partite, lobes ovate –lanceolate. Corolla dark > purple, deeply divided, rotate, spindle shaped hairs are sparsely present > along the margins and apex. Corona staminal, biseriate. Follicles paired, > purplish streaked, 10–13 × 0.5–1 cm, tapering towards apex. Seeds discoid, > comose. > Habitat & location: Rare. Found in dry rocky soils. > Uses: Succulent stems on chewing suppress the appetite. Tribal people chew > them when they go out in forest. > Thank you > Regards > A.Lalithamba > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
