I doubt Samir ji's plant being E. caducifolia. This can be verified from careful comparison with type specimen attached by Rashida ji and the following links
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvblogger/3327843177/ <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvblogger/3327843177/> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_caducifolia <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_caducifolia> E. caducifolia is more like E. nivulia in stem without angles, differentiated from latter in absence of distinct trunk with branches arising from base, smaller leaves (3-8 cm long) and longer spines 0.5-1 cm (leaves 10-25 cm long, spines shorter than 0.5 cm in E. nivulia). To me the above plants appears E. neriifolia with spirally arranged spines on low angles. -- 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 Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > Attaching the type specimen. Keeping the size larger than normal so that > the sketches are seen. > > regards, > Rashida. > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Rashida Atthar > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yes indeed it is Euphorbia caducifolia Haines. This was also the missing >> one from the panaroma posted so far ! Thanks. Some keys >> >> A pale green, dense, fleshy, dendroid shrub , upto 2 m high, with numerous >> branches arising from the very base. -Aima's book pg 194. >> >> Branches angular; stipular spines on prominent tubercles arranged in >> spirals; leaves obovate or lanceolate; cyathia red- Dr. Almeida's flora , >> Vol IV-B, pg ; 304. >> The milky juice is used for colds and applied for blisters on the skin >> The leaves are eaten and rarely sold in the market as a vegatable. -Aima -pg >> 194. >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Samir Mehta <samirmeht...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Euphorbia caducifolia Haines, Indian Forester 1914, xl. 154. >>> >>> @ Khargar Hills on 20-02-11. >>> >>> Hope id is correct. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Samir Mehta >>> >> >> >
