Smilax zeylanica ! Pankaj
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > got this strange looking creeper that grows on the ground....its stem is > provided with sharp tough spines...and sometimes they can inflict a severe > wound on legs... > > pic taken in a bamboo glade near Narendrapur. Kolkata. > > regards > Shantanu : ) -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India