Dear Geethaji, The shrub can be confirmed as *Sauropus androgynus* (L.) Merr. of Euphorbiaceae. In a short glance, this can be overlooked for *Phyllanthus* sp.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Friends i have copied below all the responses i received for the > plant id . Thank you friends for identifying it. > best wishes > geetha > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C KUNHIKANNAN <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:23 AM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:38678] plant for id > To: Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]> > > (1) > Dear Geethaji, > It is Sauropus androgynus an edible leafy vegetable. called in malayalam as > Madhuracheera, sucurumanicheera etc. a member of EUPHORBIACEAE > kunhikannan > > (2) > > This is the 'multi-vitamin plant' *Sauropus androgynous* belonging > Euphorbiaceae (so you are partly correct!) family. > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > (3) > > this also called the living vitamin capsule > tanay > > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Dear Friends >> Please find attached 4 photos of the same plant growing in my backyard >> at Suchindrum. It is erect and the stem has become woody. Very sturdy. Is it >> some kind of *Euphorbia sp*.? >> Thanks in advance >> best wishes >> geetha >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > Division of Biodiversity, > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. > > -- > 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. > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org -- 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.
