*Cissus quadrangularis* On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:55 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “*I suppose Cissus repens* > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > > “*I would like to correct Cissus repanda* .” from Chile ji. > > > > “*The following key should help in settling issue* > > Tendrils forked, leaves with 9-12 sharp teeth on each side, apex > acute....................C. repens > Tendril with 5-7 racemose branches, leaves with 15-45 minute teeth > on each side, apex > rounded...........................................................................C. > repanda > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > "Not sure what the plant in question here is, but am sending a few > photographs of a young plant of Cissus repanda for comparison. The > photographs were taken at my farm at Shahapur. > With regards, > Neil Soares. " > > "As you may be aware, Cissus quadrangularis also has cylindrical and > flattened stems (perhaps under cultivation?) in addition to the normal > 4-angled stems. > I guess the flat-stemmed form was recently described as new species > (citation needed!). > *I think your plant is a form of C.quadrangularis with cylindrical stems. > But this needs confirmation. * > Regards > Vijayasankar Raman" > > "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. > * .. Regards, > Padmini Raghavan." > > "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" > > "*Cissus quadriangularis is supposed to have succulent stems, constricted > nodes and simple tendrils, which I don't see in above plant.* Perhaps this > paper should help > http://www.springerlink.com/content/5576p5p27102107l/ > Sending my photographs of Cissus quadrangularis for comparison. Kindly note > the tendrils and constricted nodes (we we want to ignore stem angles and > wings)." from Singh ji. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > Date: 10 March 2011 07:23 > Subject: [efloraofindia:64608] 10032011-PR for ID from Chennai > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > This is a plant bought from a nusery at Bangalore. > Please help me id it. > Thanks, > Padmini Raghavan. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1600 members & > 70,000 messages on 30/5/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > around 5000 species) > >
