Dear All, The Plant in the attached photo is *Euphorbia nivulia *Ham. in T.L.S., Bot. 14: 286. 1825. Boiss. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 79. 1862; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 255. 1887; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. 446. 1918; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 451. 1972.
An open-crowned succulent-branched spiny, glabrous, deciduous tree up to c. 9 m tall and 1 m in girth. Bark thick, rough. Branches ± terete, 2.5 cm thick, with paws of sharp stipular spines arising from spirally-arranged tubercles. Leaves alternate, sessile or subsessile. Leaf-blades oboyate-spathulate to oblanceolate, 10-25 x 3-8 cm, rounded or retuse at the apex, tapered to the base, entire, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, obscure, thick, fleshy, with the midrib prominent beneath. Stipules spiny. c. 5 mm long, paired on each spine-shield. Cyathia in axillary pedunculate ‘cymes’ of 3 each, towards the tips of the branches, reddish; peduncles c. 1 cm long; cyathophylls 1-2 mm long, scarious. Glands transversely oblong, yellowish. Fruits triradiate, the lobes laterally compressed, c. 6 x 13 mm, smooth, glabrous, exsert on a pedicel, c. 1 cm long. Styles stout, united to above the middle, c. 2 mm long. Seeds ovoid-quadrangular, 4 mm long, smooth. Regards Tanay On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:50 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Earlier relevant feedback: > “This could be *Euphorbia ligularia*. Have a look at following link. > > http://books.google.com/books?id=mBB_aRjQIo0C&pg=PA1&dq=Euphorbia+ligularia&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Euphorbia%20ligularia&f=false > Thanks & best wishes > Prashant” > > *“it is Euphorbia nerifolia L. * > the branchlets are cylindric. > I have also observed this in forests of Bor, at Bhandara and at Wardha. > Euphorbia liguaria Roxb. > the branchlets are angular. > often planted for fencing. > Regards > Satish Pardeshi” > > “As per Kew World Check list and Eflora of Pakistan E. ligularia Roxb. is a > synonym of E. neriifolia L. As per my information the two closely related > species distinguished on the basis of stem cross section are E. nivulia > Buch-Ham. (stem cylindrical; syn: E. neriifolia Roxb. non L.) and E. > neriifolia L. (stem angled but not winged). Another closely related species > E. royleana Boiss. (syn: E. pentagona Royle) from North India (Danda thor) > with angled produced into undulating wings. > To me whatever branches are seen are not angular, and suggest E. > nivulia Buch.-Ham. Further close-ups of branches would be helpful > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > "*Perhaps more likely E. nivulia* > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Prashant awale <[email protected]> > Date: 11 January 2010 08:23 > Subject: [indiantreepix:26221] Euphorbia sp??110110-PKA1 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Dear Friends, > Requesting ID. > Photographed on the way to Sagargad, Alibaug (10-01-2010). > > Thanks & best wishes > Prashant > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
