Yes entire series of Caralluma is fascinating... thanks Usha di =====
On Dec 19, 12:13 pm, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
