Hello Kunhikannan Ji i checked the plant in Cooke's Flora and yes it is Flemingia nana. the winged petiole and glandular calyx confirms it. also the turgid pods with viscid reddish glands identifies it. Thank you Kunhikannan Ji, Dinesh Ji and Guru Ji for the interaction.
regards Satish Pardeshi On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:15 PM, C KUNHIKANNAN <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear sathish, > This a species of Flemingia. It may be F. nana. Please check it, Generally > found in teak forests of central india. You may check the flora of > Melghat(1968) by R.I.Patel and another Flora of melghat tiger Reserve (1988) > by Dhore, M.A and P.A.Joshi. > Kunhikannan > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:13 PM, satish pardeshi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all >> Please Identify this plant which i collected from Melghat in January this >> year. >> the plant is locally called Jameen PALASH. >> the plant is stemless with 3-5 leaves which are 3-foliate (Just like >> Butea sps). the petioles being very long and channeled. >> the inflorescence arises very closely to ground (sometime even when the >> plant is leafless). flowers are arranged in dense erect raceme. the fruits >> are inflated with only a single seed. the outer surface of fruit has powdery >> orange-coloured grains which stick to the finger when touched. >> i hope this information would be sufficient for the identification >> >> regards Satish Pardeshi >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > Division of Biodiversity, > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
