Sumedha ji Mimosa pudica is a small low-spreading shrub scarcely more than 50 cm tall, M. hamata is robust shrub up to 2 m tall M. pudica has only 1-2 pairs of pinnae crowded at tip of rachis, M. hamata has 3-6 pairs of widely spread pinnae M. pudica has 12-20 pairs of leaflets, whereas M. hamata has 6-10 pairs of leaflets Fruit in M. pudica is less than 2 cm long, glabrous with spinous sutures, it is 5-8 cm long in M. hamata with velvety surface and prickly sutures.
M. hamata, is however much closer to M. himalayana in which pinnae are 5-12 pairs, and pod glabrous 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/ On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:13 PM, sumedha karkhanis < [email protected]> wrote: > sir, > what is the difference between mimosa hamata and pudica > medha > > > On Monday, October 14, 2013 1:56:52 PM UTC+5:30, Pravin wrote: >> >> Mimosa hamata >> At Pattadakal,karnatak >> 4 Oct,2013 >> Regards >> >> >> DSC01550.JPG >> DSC01553.JPG >> DSC01555.JPG >> >> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. >> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
