Dear All, The plant in the attached photo is *Euphorbia antiquorum* *Linnaeus*, Sp. Pl. 1: 450. 1753.
Trees or shrubs, 3-5(-8) m tall, glabrous except for cyathia. Stems 5-7 cm thick, green, 3(or 4)-ribbed, branching from upper parts; ribs prominent, winglike, up to 1-2 cm wide, 3-5 mm thick, prominently triangular toothed. Leaves alternate, apically clustered, caducous; spine shields small, stipules pricklelike, spines paired, 2-5 mm; petiole very short; leaf blade obovate or obovate-oblong, 2-5 × 1-2 cm, base attenuate, margin entire, apex rounded. Cyathia subterminal, single, peduncle 2-3 mm; cyathophylls as long as involucre, membranous; involucre broadly campanulate, ca. 3 × 5 mm, lobes 5, rounded, denticulate; glands 5, entire. Male flowers many; bracts linear. Female flower: ovary pedicellate, exserted from involucre, smooth and glabrous; styles free; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Capsule 3-lobed, compressed, 3.4-4 × 4-5 mm. Seeds subglobose, ca. 2 × 2 mm, brown-yellow, smooth; caruncle absent. Fl. and fr. all year. *Euphorbia antiquorum* is the type species for the genus *Euphorbia*. It is used medicinally. Regards Tanay On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “*Seems to be Euphorbia antiquarum* > santhosh” > > > > *“Does E.antiquorum has this kind of petiolated flowers?* I have doubt, as > I have seen almost sessile flowers. Please clear.” from Muthu ji. > > > > “Muthu ji > *They are stalked, cyathia on peduncles* > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109317&flora_id=2 > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: sibdas ghosh <[email protected]> > Date: 6 February 2010 22:41 > Subject: [efloraofindia:27297] Prickly pear > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > I think it is prickly pear or slipper thorn, in Hindi Nagphani, often > grown as hedge plant Opuntia elaitor or O. delenii- a large succulent > shrub. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
