Dear Dr. Samir Mehta Your identification is correct. This plant is *Desmodium benthamii* N.P.Balakr. 1966 (Syn. *D. brachystachyum* Benth.; *D. benthamii* H.Ohashi 1973). N. P. Balakrishnan 2-11-2015
On 2 November 2015 at 16:10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Samir Mehta <[email protected]> > Date: 27 October 2015 at 19:40 > Subject: [efloraofindia:234795] Fabaceae - Faboideae Fortnight: Desmodium > brachystachyum Schltdl. / Desmodium benthamii N.P.Balakr. - For ID help > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > October 25 @ Waghai - Ahwa Road, Dangs, South Gujarat. Approx. 330m asl. > > > *The identity of the plant is close to the two names mentioned in the > subject line.* > > *Both names in the subject line are accepted names in theplantlist.* > > I am not sure how the two are related in taxonomic terms. > > Information on both species is very sketchy on the net. > > Desmodium brachystachyum Schltdl. FBI 2:171 > > Desmodium benthamii N.P.Balakr. - No better person than Dr. Balakrishnan > himself to tell us more. > > Notes: > > This area is the northern-most part of the western ghats and receives very > good rainfall. > > Erect, branched, undershrub, 40-50cms by the roadside. > > Leaf: 1-foliolate (no trifoliate leaves seen), oblong, hairy beneath; > Petiole & stipules [image -66] as seen. > > Inflorescence: distant raceme, not congested,12-15 cms, proximal flowers > blooming first; > > Bracts: almost identical to Uraria rufescens. Slightly smaller here, shape > and pubescence same. > > Stamens diadelphous. > > Style: no info on pubescence > > Plant hairy, sticky to touch. > > No fruit seen conclusively on the plant (but one image [-72] of what I > think is the fruit [4-6mm] attached - I saw it only while processing the > images, not in the field. You will notice it is within the calyx and the > calyx itself is hanging loosely on the plant, having fallen off ie. > disconnected from the pedicel). > > I could see the pedicels ending abruptly, the flower / fruit having fallen > off, in a large number of places on the inflo, therefore cannot comment > whether the fruiting pedicel was reflexed or not. > > *Final plant id may be one of the subject line species or another.* > > I hope you find the plant as interesting as I did. > > Regards, > > Samir Mehta > > > P.S.: Please also visit my post* of an very similar plant which was a > shrub 1.5 - 1.75 m tall identified as U. rufescens by me. > > * > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/uraria$20AND$20authorname$3Asamir$20AND$20after$3A2015$2F10$2F04/indiantreepix/tZ_OfFKWuOg > > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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.
