Muthu ji I would go with E. antiquurum, because the angles are distinctly 3-winged, the wings are running almost straight. In E. tortilis the angles are not that promently winged, they are lobulate with stout paired spines on lobes, and most importantly the angles are spirally twisted like we have in E. neriifolia where of course the angles are not that prominents, and there are 5 spiral rows.
-- 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, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > descriptions match this thorny shrub as *Euphorbia antiquorum*. I suspect > this to be a different species owing to the colour of flowers. Please > help to solve this. > Could this be *E. tortilis*? > > Location: Sathyamangalam wls; 300 msl > Date: 15 Dec 2010 > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 09626833911 > www.careearthtrust.org > >
