A great collection of Caralluma spp. Thanks for sharing Prabhu Ji Tanay On 18 December 2011 21:01, Prabhu kumar KM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all, > This is *Caralluma indica*, collected from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. > The flower showing amazing colour variations from Green, white and red. > *C. indica* flowers have a odour of rotten fungus and the underground > stem is whitish. > Flowers terminal, umbellate cyme, few flowered (4-8). Calyx 5-lobed, > ovate-oblong, apex acute. Corona staminal and biseriate, lobes green, > light-yellow with extreme tip purplish. Hairs are present except the tip > portion. > -- > *Prabhu Kumar K M* > Scientist > Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division > Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (CMPR) > & 'CMPR' Herbarium > Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala > Kottakkal, Malappuram > *E-mail: [email protected]* > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
