Hi Garg ji, I am skeptical of my ID in this post. This could be the common canavalia - *Canavalia gladiata* OR *Canavalia cathartica* - I am not sure, because we need to have their pods to ascertain ID. Regards. Dinesh
On Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 6:25:37 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Hi, Dinesh ji, > I could not find any keys for Indian species on net except at Flora of > China <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105502>. > These take me to *Canavalia* *cathartica* Thouars > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242310520> for > your species. > I want to have your & others views before final decision. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 7 November 2011 at 00:53 > Subject: [efloraofindia:92378] Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: > Canavalia ensiformis along Ghodbunder Road > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > *Canavalia ensiformis * (L.) DC. > > > - *kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh* -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular > *kanavali* > *en-see-FORM-iss* -- sword- (or lance-) shaped > > > [image: Canavalia ensiformis] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1963737455%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdhNoZJxHWGXu4vG_oHKJzNC0FYDg> > > Nov 11, 2007 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra > > > *commonly known as*: jack bean, sword bean, wonder bean • *Hindi*: bara > sem, makham sem • *Kannada*: kaadu avare balli, thamate balli • *Marathi*: > अबई abai • *Tamil*: காட்டுத்தம்பட்டன் kattu-t-tampattan, thambattai, > வாளவரை valavarai • *Telugu*: karu tamma, putta tamba, చమ్మకాయ tsamma > kaya, tumbettan-kaya > > *Distribution*: naturalized / cultivated worldwide > > > *some views*: > > - Nov 11, 2007 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, > Maharashtra > [image: Wonder Bean plant] > > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1964592634%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcRMkOGWmcy7TBIIK06OrFhrFd41Q> > [image: > Abai (Marathi: अबई)] > > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1964546544%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzco3B-EzIC3cpsAympe04ohtO6P9w> > [image: > Tsamma Kaya (Telugu: చమ్మకాయ)] > > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1964527610%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdhbxKMsqZhZ5LHR5j4XFanOBcQoQ> > > > > > Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are > unable to view them among contents above. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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/f86ad1e4-e3dd-4ce2-b754-f51385fdeb04%40googlegroups.com.
