Otherwise, this could be *Synadenium grantii *of the same family (Euphorbiaceae). If this is correct, then i would like to know why it is cultivated. It is not an ornamental plant i feel. I used to think this is an obnoxious, fast spreading weed. It is also said to be 'very poisonous' ( http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week344.shtml).
Regards ---------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > This should be Pedilanthes sp. > Pankaj > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:49 PM, chitralekha P <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Please identify this euphorbiaceae member. > > Cultivated, photographed on side of Lodi road, New Delhi. > > P.Chitralekha > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
