Thanks, Lalithamba ji, for adding a new species in efi. On 26 August 2016 at 15:03, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Croton scabiosus *Bedd., *Fl. Sylv. S. India: 283. 1872.* > > Ver.names: Silver leaved croton (Eng.); Chilla, verrichilla (Tel.). > > Description: > > Deciduous trees 3-5m tall; bark rough, deeply fissured, blackish-brown, > young branches tomentose. Leaves alternate; lamina 5-15 × 2-8cm > ovate-rhomboid, base coradte, serrate, apex subacute, lepidote-silvery > scale on both surfaces, scabrid, coriaceous, leaves turn orange before > falling. Flowers greenish yellow, 3-4mm across, in 5-15cm long densely > arranged androgynous terminal racemes. Staminate flowers 2-3 at each node, > at the upper part of the raceme; 3-4mm across; stamens more than 15, > exerted. Carpellate flowers: pedicels short, stout; perianth lobes 5, > margins densely woolly; ovary globose, warty; styles 3, bifid. Capsule > 8-10 mm in diam., greenish-yellow, globose; outer wall warty. > > Habitat & location: Endemic to E.ghats. Few plants are found in Velugonda > hill range at Rapur- Kutalamarri ghat. > > 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.
