[efloraofindia:32651] ID PLS

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

ID PLS

Place: Koppa (Chikmagalur District, Western Ghats, Karnataka), 750m above MSL

Habit: A very woody Straggler

Key: Axillary buds modified into thorns, latex present

Leaves: Simple, Elliptic, Glabrous, with an acuminate apex

Inflorescence: Umbellate head (Probably)

Fruits: Syncarp, Similar to Morinda citrifolia( But very smaller in size)

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[R. Vijayasankar]

Looks like Plecospermum spinosum (Moraceae, the fig family). An armed, woody climber with arching branches. Sap white, milky.

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R. Vijayasankar
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The University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS-38677, USA.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.

Earlier relevant feedback:

“Looks like Plecospermum spinosum (Moraceae, the fig family). An armed, woody climber with arching branches. Sap white, milky.” from Vijayasankar ji.

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