Interesting Plant. new for me. Thanks for sharing Sir On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Slene baccifera (L.) * Roth, Tent. fl. Germ. 1:192. 1788 > Syn: *Cucubalus baccifer* L. > > Common name: Berry catchfly > > A very distinct plant with greenish-white flowers, calyx inflated in > fruit, fruit fleshy and indehiscent > > Perennial herb with prostrate or ascending stems, 2-5 cm long ovate to > ovate-lanceolate leaves, hairy on both surfaces; flowers greenish-white, > nodding, 1-3 together; pedicel 3-5 mm long; calyx 10-13 mm long, inflated > in fruit with revolute teeth; petals with long claw, limb divided into > linear lobes, coronal scales bifid; styles 3; fruit 10-12 mm in diameter, > initially fleshy, brownish red and dry when mature, indehiscent. > > Photographed from Pahalgam, Kashmir. > > -- > 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/ > > -- > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & Horticulture Incharge Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 --
