Thanks, Chadwell ji, for additional informations On 3 Jan 2017 5:53 a.m., "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> As per my previous post about Vicia sativa PLEASE ensure good close-ups of > STIPULES are shown as shape and markings on these often > help to be certain of identification of this genus. > > Vicia sativa is not mentioned in 'Flora of Kathmandu Valley' nor, more > importantly, within 'Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal'. The > latter volume only lists V.angustifolia, V.bakeri, V.hirsuta, > V.tenuifolia. It says V.sativa is recorded from Nepal but were > uncertain/doubtful about this. > > Stewart considered V.sativa to be a widespread field weed from the plains > to 3000m in Ladakh. > > Collet in Flora Simlensis says V.sativa was probably introduced and > perhaps occasionally found to 1800m in Almora & Naini Tal. Apparently > cultivated as a fodder plant in Britain since the time of the Romans. > > *So could be expected to become naturalised in Nepal even if not noticed > up to the 1970s. * > > > In 'Flora Bhutan' which covers Bhutan & Sikkim V.sativa L. is recorded > with V.angustifolia L. as a synonym. By streams & on grassy banks @ > 250-2500m in Bhutan and Chumbi - hardly as 'field weed' as in > Pakistan/Ladakh. It says the Bhutanese plants, though variable belong to > var. angustifolia. No material had been seen from the E.Himalaya of var. > sativa. > > They had V.tetrasperma Moench as similar to V.sativa found as a weed of > cultivated ground @ 2200-2500m near Thimphu & Paro. > > Vicia angustifolia is not an accepted name in 'The Plant List' but > V.sativa is. > > *So IF V.angustifolia as it was is now under V.sativa, then the images are > more likely to be V.sativa but worth checking.* > > > On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 5:35:17 PM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > >> Dear Members, >> >> Location: Dhulikhel, Nepal >> Altitude: 5000 ft. >> Date: 26 March 2013 >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
