Thank you very much for sharing images of Croton klotzschianus (Wight) Thwaites. This species is very close to C. gibsonianus, into which it sometimes tends to merge, usually distinguishable by its smaller parts.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:24 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Lalithamba ji, for adding a new species in efi. > > On 26 August 2016 at 15:01, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Croton klotzschianus* Thwaites, *Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 276. 1861.* >> >> Ver.names: Klotzsch's Croton (Eng.); Naragonji(Tel.). >> >> Description: >> >> Deciduous shrub, 1-3m tall. Leaves alternate or 3 at each node; lamina >> 5-14 × 2.5-6 cm; elliptic-oblong, serrulate, membranous, 2 stalked glands >> at the base of lamina. Flowers 3-4mm in diam., distantly arranged in >> 10-25cm long androgynous terminal lax racemes. Staminate flowers 4-5 mm >> across, tepals 10 in 2 whorls, creamy; stamens more than 20, exerted. >> Sepals 5, petals 0, in carpellate flowers; ovary globose. Capsule 8mm in >> diam., globose, green. Seeds 4mm long, black, caruncle present. >> >> Habitat & location: Rare; endemic;In shady areas along the ravines of >> Velugonda hills. Photographed at Rapur ghat. >> >> Flowering period: July-November. >> >> 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.
