Many thanks Gurcharan ji. Just as per your thoughts, this ID is resolved to *Indigofera tinctoria* based on discussion in a recent post <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/1EFkLtD1-fo/6PGXZS7VDAAJ> of Alka ji. Regards. Dinesh
On Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6:15:31 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > Earlier relevant feedback: > “*Could this be I. tinctoria* > Leaflets are too few (I can see nine) for I. suffruticosa > Pods are too long for suffruticosa > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > “... many thanks for raising your doubts, Gurcharan ji. > > *Other friends who are familiar with Indigo species may also please put in > facts.*The plant in photograph grows in my vicinity, in estuarine area. > The height is just about (hardly) a metre ... and grows as wide too. > The pods we see here are about 4 - 5 cm long, and about 3 mm wide.” from > Dinesh ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 29 May 2010 00:56 > Subject: NATURALIZED :: Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Indigofera > suffruticosa > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > > Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » *Indigofera suffruticosa* (syn. *Anila > tinctoria, Indigofera anil*) > > ... also placed in Papilionaceae > > > in-dee-GO-fer-uh -- bearing indigo > suf-roo-tee-KO-sa -- somewhat shrubby > > *commonly known as*: Guatemalan indigo, anil, small-leaved indigo, West > Indian indigo, wild indigo • Hindi: विलायती नील vilayati nil • Marathi: > निळंबी nilambi • Sanskrit: नीलिका nilika, नीलिनी nilini, विषशोधनी > vishashodhani • Tamil: சீமைநீலி cimai-nili > > *Native to*: tropical Americas, naturalized in paleotropics > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/West%20Indian%20Indigo.html > • NPGS / GRIN ... > http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20058 > • FAO ... http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/agpc/doc/gbase/data/Pf000523.HTM > > • M.M.P.N.D. ... > http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Indigofera.html > • DDSA ... http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ > Views attached from: > ... Vaghbil, Thane > > For more views: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Indigoferasuffruticosa&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags > > > > > Regards. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fc2b6105-bcd6-4243-9151-9d1173cc771d%40googlegroups.com.
