Liked your conclusion, Tabish. Other than some slight variations in some aspects, the "colour scheme" of flower reminds of *D. laxiflorum*. This colour scheme is "sometimes" found in *D.heterocarpon*, but the arrangement of flowers is clearly different there. Regards. Dinesh
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 11:24 AM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking at various images at GBIF, what I gather is that the specimens of > *Desmodium* *laxiflorum *from Africa and Western Ghats seem to have > larger leaves (compared with the inflorescence). Specimens from SE Asia do > have smaller leaves. They agree more with my plant. Two examples, one from > Africa, one from Malaysia, are here: > https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1288064297 > https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2290749603 > Also specimens from Africa do have leaves with larger number of nerves > than what Flora of China mentions. All this is consistent with the fact > that one synonym is *Desmodium macrophyllum *(meaning large leaves). > So, my conclusion is that my plant is *Desmodium* *laxiflorum *and there > is variation between plants found in Western Ghats and NE India. > Best wishes > Tabish > > On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 10:42:31 AM UTC+5:30, Tabish wrote: >> >> The images of *Desmodium* *laxiflorum *(supposedly) posted here: >> http://ppbc.iplant.cn/tu/3792743 >> appear to agree very well with my images. But then the apparent >> disagreement with the images from Maharashtra is puzzling. >> Tabish >> >> On Friday, October 25, 2019 at 9:20:35 PM UTC+5:30, Tabish wrote: >>> >>> A herb found in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh - 150-200 m altitude. >>> Found blooming in October end. >>> Leaves appear to be trifoliate. >>> It is obviously from Fabaceae (Pea family) >>> Sorry for the quality of the images. >>> Please identify >>> Tabish >>> >> -- > 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/b13682e7-d907-4581-bdfc-c1d1337e7bfb%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b13682e7-d907-4581-bdfc-c1d1337e7bfb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CABSQqC1gnSHW5wyJ5L9ZYemOGG-rbjdiaSGTcNhAws-RWWy98Q%40mail.gmail.com.
