Thank you Tabish / Dinesh ji!

My initial guess seems to be correct.

Saroj Kasaju



On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 at 1:04 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
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