Darwin called the plant *Hedysarum*; modern botanists call it either *Desmodium gyrans*, or more correctly these days, *Codariocalyx motorius*. Its common name is Dancing Grass or Telegraph Plant or Semaphore Plant -- after the leaf movements, which resemble semaphore signals. Tanay
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:32 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > *Desmodium gyrans *(= D.motorium), the Indian Telegraphic Plant, found > wild in Manipur forests. > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
