Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback:
“Euphorbia nivulia. Regards Vijayasankar Raman” “The identification may need to be reconsidered in light of key on our website https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/e/euphorbiaceae/euphorbia and these links for E. nivulia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euphorbia_nivulia_ies.jpg http://www.euphorbia.de/916.jpg and these for E. caducifolia http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Euphorbia_caducifolia.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euphorbia_caducifolia4_ies.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euphorbia_caducifolia2_ies.jpg http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/36755/ -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh” “My plant here bears leaves of more than 10 cm long and spines about 0.7cm and hence little confusing (possibly variation). I would have to visit the place sometime again to ascertain the measurements and possible flowers. The image of E.cauducifolia in tropicos.org doesn't match with the Euphorbia I posted here. ” from Muthu ji. On 19 April 2012 16:03, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > *Dear all, > Please help me to identify this cactus like plant. > > Place: Danishpettai RF, Salem dist., TN > Altitude: 423 M asl > Date: 12 April 2012 > > The leaves were withered off and I didn’t noticed any flowers or fruits. > The maximum height I saw was of c.5 metres and a girth of 40 cm.* > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/13CTmfE1xo95r_0vz4kJNORNWztD787JSWy8NQzSTrN4/edit?pli=1 > > ** > > ** > > ** > > ** > ** > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.

