Thanks for the information, Chitralekha ji. I request members to confirm the id as well as to share their observations on this plant. 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 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Chitralekha <[email protected]>wrote: > It is part of the effort to green Delhi during the common wealth > games. The entire stretch bordering Lodi road is covered with these > plants. > Chitralekha > > On Jan 4, 4:10 am, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
