Yes it is Synadenium grantii, also grown in our College botanical garden. Incidently I saw it lot growing wild while travelling from Bangalore to Oooty, growing along road sides, much taller than we find it in Delhi.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
