Thanks, Vijayasankar ji & Vijayadas ji. I think it's *Mimosa pudica* as I saw a similar plant a few days back in Hyderabad. Sensivity comes only on touching & not taking ones' fingers near it (which possibly I have done in Goa).
2009/10/27 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Thanks, Vijayasankar ji for the feedback. > But *Mimosa hamata* doesn't match w.r.t. 3-6 pinnae & 6-10 pairs of > leaflets as per Flowers of Sahyadri, while it matches with *Mimosa pudica*in > this regard. My plant was just hardly seen above the herbs, while I have > seen *Mimosa hamata* as a shrub with considerable heights. > > > 2009/10/27 Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]> > > Deal all, >> >> Insensitivity of leaves and number of leaflets suggest it could be a >> different species, most probably *Mimosa hamata*. Pods required to >> confirm the id. >> >> -- >> With regards >> >> R. Vijayasankar >> FRLHT, Bangalore >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

