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Padmanabhan Geetha

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Jun 16, 2010, 2:12:12 PM6/16/10

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Dear Friends
Please find attached 4 photos of the same plant growing in my backyard at Suchindrum. It is erect and the stem has become woody. Very sturdy. Is it some kind of Euphorbia sp.?
Thanks in advance
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geetha

Is this Euphorbia sp.jpg

Is this Euphorbia sp2.jpg

Is this Euphorbia sp3.jpg

Is this Euphorbia sp4.jpg

R. Vijayasankar

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Jun 16, 2010, 3:34:59 PM6/16/10

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This is the 'multi-vitamin plant' Sauropus androgynous belonging Euphorbiaceae (so you are partly correct!) family.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

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tanay bose

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Jun 16, 2010, 11:16:18 PM6/16/10

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this also called the living vitamin capsule
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Madhuri Pejaver

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Jun 17, 2010, 6:57:56 AM6/17/10

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Appears to be Phyllanthus sps

Madhuri

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Padmanabhan Geetha

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Jun 17, 2010, 9:17:57 AM6/17/10

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Dear Friends i have copied below all the responses i received for the plant id . Thank you friends for identifying it.
best wishes
geetha

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From: C KUNHIKANNAN <kunhi...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:38678] plant for id
To: Padmanabhan Geetha <iye...@gmail.com>

(1)
Dear Geethaji,
It is Sauropus androgynus an edible leafy vegetable. called in malayalam as Madhuracheera, sucurumanicheera etc. a member of EUPHORBIACEAE
kunhikannan

(2)

This is the 'multi-vitamin plant' Sauropus androgynous belonging Euphorbiaceae (so you are partly correct!) family.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

(3)

this also called the living vitamin capsule
tanay

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Jun 18, 2010, 9:54:43 AM6/18/10

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Dear Geethaji,

The shrub can be confirmed as Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr. of Euphorbiaceae.

In a short glance, this can be overlooked for Phyllanthus sp.

Muthu Karthick, N
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