Yes Dr. Usha the yellow ones are the male flowers, axilliary on filiform pedicles, the males in the lower and females greenish, in the upper axils. the globose redish fruit is seen with the persistent calyx of the female flowers !
regards, Rashida. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > thank you Prashant ji > Beautiful photographs. > The last photograph[itp-PS1-jpg shows fruits,yellow male and green female > flower.Am I right? > Thank you again for all the post of Euphorbiaceae > Usha > > > On 8 March 2011 11:22, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good set of information shared by you and Tanay. Thanks for the nice posts >> Prashant ji. >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Prashant awale <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> *Breynia retusa* from Sagargad near Alibag, Maharashtra. >>> Date/Time: 11-07-2010 / 09:40AM >>> Previously it was stated to be in Euphorbiaceae but presently Breynia >>> belongs to the family Phyllanthaceae. >>> >>> Earlier, Tanay ji has shared few links which i am putting here for ref. >>> According to GRIN ------ >>> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?423917 >>> Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden >>> ------ http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50057132 >>> Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew------ >>> http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/families/Phyllanthaceae.htm >>> Breynia belongs to the family *Phyllanthaceae*. >>> >>> regards >>> Prashant >>> >>> >> >
