For me also this looks more like* Synadenium grantii* Hook.f. of Euphorbiaceae. This shrub is extensively utilized for Fencing garden and households.
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 - > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
