Thanks, Tabish for the pictures and references Its difficult to properly see the leaf in great detail from the herbarium specimen from Malaysia but I was able to count the veins... they are about 5 could be 6
your specimen has 5-6 flower color can always vary based on pH and metal ion content of the soil I think you are on the correct tract : D. laxiflorum Regards Ushadi On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 2:05 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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 >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC1gnSHW5wyJ5L9ZYemOGG-rbjdiaSGTcNhAws-RWWy98Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytQpMm%3Du7QsCV2DPuM7hPtW5_QK4CrXn93aipw%2Btk0-1zw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytQpMm%3Du7QsCV2DPuM7hPtW5_QK4CrXn93aipw%2Btk0-1zw%40mail.gmail.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/CANAwU1U7ViNJLUhwXJCaWcF5qXuqWNQSQYWJbN%2BA_JigAX9_uQ%40mail.gmail.com.
