Sir Not a legume; it is a Boraginaceae plant. Way back in early 1990s we collected it from the same area and tried to identify it but it was difficult at that time. We susspected it in either Hydrophyllaceae or Boraginaceae. Even scientist at FRI were not able to ID it. Based on the family I searched it in FRI herbarium and identified it as *Wigandia caracasana* (Boraginaceae) but it took a long effort. This plant is a forein element in India and has naturalized; not only naturalized but spreading all along the road in the area. Excited with this, we thought to report its naturalization in India. But based on our specimens somebody from FRI published its naturalization in India even before this. Those were the days without web. Now it has become easier to ID a species.
DSRawat Pantnagar On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 5:44:39 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > Please help in ID of this tall woody legume photographed near Rishikesh in > Uttarakhand. > > 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/ > -- 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/d/optout.
