Arnicratea grahamii

Arnicratea grahamii (Wight) N.Hallé, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 6: 14 1984. (syn. Hippocratea grahamii Wight, Reissantia grahamii (Wight) Ding Hou);
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arn-ee-KRAH-tee-uh — ¿ no information ?
hip-oh-KRAH-tee-uh — named for Hippocrates, a Greek physician (460-370 BC)
GRAM-ee-eye — named for John Graham, author of Catalogue of Plants (Bombay)
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commonly known as: running straggler • Marathi: डवशीर daushir, धावशी dhavashi
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Native to: Western Ghats (India), north-east India, Malesia
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Arnicratea grahamii @ Matheran-Prabalgad Valley:
Seen this Climber at “Matheran-Prabal Valley” (Panvel region, Maharashtra).
Bot. name: Arnicratea grahamii
Family: Celastraceae
Date/Time: 05-02-2012 / 12:05PM
Habitat: Wild
Plant habit: Climber.

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You are great … Never heard or seen this plant. A good find.

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Celastraceae fortnight :: Arnicratea grahamii at Matheran :: DV01 : 3 images. 6 posts by 5 authors.
Arnicratea grahamii (Wight) N.Hallé … also placed in Hippocrateaceae
at Matheran on 18 FEB 09  

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Thanks … for inaugurating Celastraceae Fortnight. Nice photographs.

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A rare and endangered species indeed

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Celastraceae fortnight ::Arnicratea grahamii @ Matheran-Prabalgad Valley :: PKA7: : Attachments (5). 1 post by 1 author.

Seen this Climber at “Matheran-Prabal Valley” (Panvel region, Maharashtra).
Bot. name: Arnicratea grahamii
Family: Celastraceae
Date/Time: 05-02-2012 / 12:05PM
Habitat: Wild
Plant habit: Climber.

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Thanks … for showing this beautiful plant..

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