Beautiful Shots Dear On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear All, > > *Celastrus paniculata **Willd., Sp. Pl. 1125, 1797*; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 621; > Fl. Br. Ind. I: 617; Collett, Fl. Simlensis 87; *C. multiflora*, Roxb., > Fl. Ind. I: 622 > > *Vern.*: Malkangni, Jyotishmati. > A large, woody, climbing shrub with corky bark. Leaves 5-10 x 3-7 cm, > alternate, petioled, suborbicular or obovate, short acuminate, crenate, > serrate, more or less coriaceous, apex mucronarte, base round or cordate. > Flowers pale-yellow, borne in large, drooping terminal panicles. Sepals* > *rounded, > toothed. Petals oblong. Anthers large, almost of the size of petals. > Stigma simple, ovary free. Capsule 1.0-1.5 cm in diameter, globose, > usually 3-celled, dark orange when ripe. Seeds* *1-2 in each cell, black, > enclosed in red arillus. > > This red listed medicinal plant was shot in blooming from Near Karnal on > May 05, 2012. > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
