Simply superb catch Prabhu Ji. Regards
prasad On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Prabhu kumar KM <[email protected]>wrote: > > Dear all, > This is *Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata. *I collected this species > from Tamil Nadu. > > The type species of the genus *Caralluma* is *C. adscendens *(Roxb.) , a > species originally described from India (Meve & Liede 2002). *C. > adscendens* is a very variable species, which needs a complete revision. > 6 varities of *C. adscendens *have been recognized from India. This is > one of thw species among them. > A fleshy herb, among bushes in hills and on dry slopes of ghats.Branched > stem, quadrangular, tapering from base to apex. Internodes glabrous; latex > watery; leaves reduced to scale like structures, caducous. Flowers > terminal, pedicels glabrous. Calyx 5-lobed, lanceolate, apex acute; corolla > rotate, 5-lobed and spathulate.Corona staminal, biseriate. Stamens and > pollinia 5. Follicles paired and glabrous. > > -- > *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]* > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
