The leaf here does look like Cissus quadrangularis L. and google search does say that flat stem, round stem and quadrangular stem variants area available, though I have seen just the quadrangular one which we have in our garden. This also never flowers and supposed to be highly medicinal. Pankaj
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijaysankar-ji, > How should confirmation be obtained? Do I have to wait and see how it > grows? > On closer inspection, I find that the cross-section is cylindrical and > almost square in parts with one section having a fluted side. > I find no resmblance to Neil's pics of C. repanda. > On the downside, I am mortified to think that I paid good money for a > Cissus quadrangularis, > which I could have got from any wild place! > Thanks for all the suggestions, Gurucharan-ji, Satish-ji, Neil-ji and > Tanay-ji. > Regards, > Padmini Raghavan. > > > > -- *********************************************** "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
