*Dear All, This one is Ctenolepis garcini (Linn.) Clarke, Fl. Br. Ind. II: 629; Sicyos garcini Linn., Mant. 297, 1771; Blastania garcini Cogn., DC., Mon. Phan. 3: 629, 1881 Vern.: Shivlingi. A pretty annual climber. Stem more or less scabrous. Leaves deeply 5-lobed, membraneous, loosely villous on both sides, bracts stipuliform, ciliate. Flowers light-green, small. Fruit globose, 1 x 1 cm, red when ripe. Seeds enclosed in mucilaginous sap. Photographed from Chakrata, September 2011 and Morni Hills, October 2010.
* -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227
