Thanks a lot, Lalithamba ji. On 26 August 2016 at 12:15, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Plant name: Caralluma umbellata Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 47. 1812. > Syn. Caralluma lasiantha N.E.Br. > Ver.names: Umbelled caralluma (Eng.); Kundeti kommuluకుందేటికొమ్ములు (Tel.) > Family: Apocynaceae > Description: > Perennial diffuse herbs, stems succulent, leafless, green, 4 angled, 1- > 1.5cm across, 30- 40 cm tall. Leaves minute, early deciduous. Flowers dark > purple, 1.5-2 cm across, in 5-6 cm across many flowered terminal globose > umbels. Pedicel 2-2.5 cm long. Calyx 5-partite, lobes ovate –lanceolate, > 3-5mm long. Corolla 1.2-2cm across, broadly campanulate, valvate in bud; > inner face dark purple or purple with fine yellow concentric lines; covered > with very many 1-2mm long spindle shaped purple hairs on the margin and on > the inner face; (C.lasiantha) lobes triangular. Corona double, the outer > with 5, 2 cuspidate lobes, and the inner attached to the staminal column. > Carpels 2, stigma 5 angled. Follicle not observed. > Habitat & location: Common in rock crevices in hills. Flower remains > fresh for 3 days. > Medicinal Uses: Stems stomachic, and used to manage indigestion. Tender > stems are used as blood purifier for women. The inner pulp of the stem is > an excellent cure for cracked feet. > 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.
