*Thanks Prabhu ji for showing us these beautiful pics of Caralluma's from Tamilnadu and Kerala.Great pictures. Regards Prashant*
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:46 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > Another awesome close up of the flower Prabhuji. Rightly said by Tanay Ji. > Great series of *Caralluma* > * > * > *Regards* > * > * > *Prasad > * > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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/ >> >> >> > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 >
