Nice photographs of Cleistanthus patulus. On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 5:11 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Lalithamba ji, for a new addition to efi. > > On 27 August 2016 at 16:32, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Plant name: Cleistanthus patulus *(Roxb.) Müll.Arg., *Prodr. 15(2): >> 505. 1866.* >> >> *Ver.names:* Lance leaved discosus feather foil (Eng.); Jeguru (Tel.) >> >> *Family:* Phyllanthaceae >> >> *Description:* >> >> Deciduous tree, 2-3m tall; branches horizontal. Leaves alternate; lamina >> 10-12 × 2-3cm ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends; entire, glabrous, >> thick. Flowers unisexual, 0.4-0.6 cm across, yellowish-green in axillary >> few flowered clusters. Sepals and petals 5 each, disk cup like in male and >> female flowers. Stamens 5; filaments connate up to half their length, >> topped with rudimentary ovary, extrorse. Carpels 3, ovary 3 -celled; ovules >> 2 in each cell; styles 3, bifid at apex. Capsule brown, 1-1.5 cm in diam., >> 3 lobed, 3 gonous. Seeds globose, black. >> >> *Habitat & location: *Rare. Found in the hill side forest. Photographed >> at Rapur-Chitvel ghat. >> >> * Flowering period: *March- June. >> >> *Toxicity:* The Plant is poisonous. >> >> 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.
