I do know that it is "non-browseable" so we had a line of these plants near the barbed wire fence thro which the goats used to try to eat the marigold plants at Alto-Chicalim in Goa (off Vasco.) Regards, Padmini Raghavan.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Jacob's ladder is actually a mythological ladder which leads to > heaven. This may sound hilarious, but may be it is so poisonous that > it will straight away lead you to heaven, hence it is named that > way!!! and of course the stem is zigzag like a ladder. > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have also heard it called as Jacob's Ladder. > > Regards, > > Padmini Raghavan. > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Its called backbone may be just because of its structure which is > >> zigzag and similar to our backbone when we curve down and devil's may > >> be because it is poisonous. > >> But thats just a speculation. > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:06 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > This plant is commonly known as devils backbone .. I really dont know > >> > why? > >> > Tanay > >> > > >> > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Rashida Atthar > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Thanks for the beautiful post Mani ji. The correct accepted name as > per > >> >> Kew Plant List is Euphobia tithymaloides L. The synonyms are as > >> >> follows: > >> >> Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit > >> >> Pedilanthus tithymaloides subsp. tithymaloides > >> >> Tithymalus tithymaloides (L.) Croizat > >> >> > >> >> regards, > >> >> Rashida. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:39 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Dear friends, > >> >>> > >> >>> Sending photos of Redbird cactus. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> Botanical name : Pedilanthus tithymaloides > >> >>> Place : Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Thane end) > >> >>> Date : May 2009 > >> >>> Others : Attracts nectar loving birds > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> Regards, > >> >>> > >> >>> Mani > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Tanay Bose > >> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >> > Department of Botany. > >> > University of British Columbia . > >> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >> > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >> > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >> > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > >> > [email protected] > >> > Webpages: > >> > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > >> > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > >> > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
