Rashmi ji these are not trifoliate leaves. each needle like structure is branch of one internode length called cladode. The leaves are highly reduced and appear as small scales subtending cladodes. Of course it is Asparagus, but not a fern, rather a monocot angiosperm.
-- 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 Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > This is an Asparagus fern. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Tue, 10/16/12, Rashmi Khiani <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Rashmi Khiani <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:135301] Herb ID request - RK20 - 16-Oct-2012 > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 9:19 PM > > > Hello, > > Would really like to know the id of this herb with very slim trifoliate > leaves in Mumbai. I haven't seen it flower. > > -- > Kind regards, Rashmi > -- > > > > > -- > > > > --
