This is a very interesting woody climber or Liana in Convolvulaceae family (may be the only woody liana in Convolvulaceae). It took some for me to believe that this huge woody climber belongs to Convolvulaceae when my taxonomy guide identified this plant with leafy branches. With that I referred flora books and realized that this is...
Without flowers this woody climber doesn't give you any convolvulacean hint. Sometimes it reaches 20 in height and reaches the canopy. I could only collect the fallen branches that had buds (thanks to wild Bonnet Macaques). Thanks for sharing nice pictures of this pretty flowers. Regards, Giby On 2 November 2011 20:06, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonderful shot Prasad Ji > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:14 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear members pleased to share the photograph of another very important >> wild edible fruit plant from Ranpur, Orissa >> >> Name of the species: Erycibe paniculata >> Family: Convolvulaceae >> Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa >> Habit: Climbing shrub >> Habit: Damp forests along streams and nalas in semi-evergreen forests >> Uses: Ripe fruit edible and the bark is used in curing cholera >> and dysentery by tribals. >> >> Regards >> >> Prasad >> >> -- >> Prasad Kumar Dash >> Ecologist, Orissa, India >> email: [email protected] >> ph. 09437444241 >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
