I think Dinesh ji is right Ctenolepis is very distinct in having a large ciliate foliaceous ciliate bract at the base of the petiole. Also there is a single female flower at the base of male raceme. I can't see the foliaceous bract and rather two female flowers together.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > The Week starts !! > Many thanks Nidhan ji for sharing this; genus new to me. > But this one is too close to *Diplocyclos palmatus* (L.) C.Jeffrey > > Hope to know any striking difference. > > Will add my posts starting tonight. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *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 >> >> >
