Better Photo will help. This seems like *Pirendai common name in Tamil. * * With proper salt treatment this can cooked and eaten well.
With Regards, R Narayan * On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:04 PM, ajinkya gadave <[email protected]>wrote: > > *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) >> >> >
