This endemic species is so far known to occur only in Andhra Pradesh. You can cultivate it as an ornamental for the attractive foliage.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:25 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
