Many thanks Viplav ji for sharing this plant; and thanks to Radha too. I have seen them some years back in scrub forests on outskirts of Thane, and I am sure, will need to be correction in my notes. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:18 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sharing some images of *Desmodium scorpiurus* (Sw.) Desv. flowering in > the north end of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (aka Borivali National > Park) in Mumbai. > > This herb is uncommon in SGNP and was reported only from the fringe areas > of the forest during the Botanical Survey of India's floristic survey of > SGNP (published in March 2005). > > "Though not collected from the National Park proper, its occurrence there > cannot be ruled out since the localities cited above ['Aarey colony & > Thane'] are in close vicinity of the park." - p. 204, Flora of Sanjay > Gandhi National Park (by SG Pradhan, BD Sharma & NP Singh), BSI, 2005. > > Photographed today near Gandhi Tekri in Borivali National Park, North > Mumbai. > > Had posted some photos of all the plant parts last year (and it was > identified by Radha Veach). These can be seen in the thread linked > herewith > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/desmodium$20scorpiurus/indiantreepix/Hfuue3XCC-s/uLMCrlY6dRQJ> > . > > Best wishes, Viplav > > -- > 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. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
