Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for the tip. Tanay ... can observe notch, albeit faint .... cannot really stress on this notch !! Let me make another trip to the plant this season and see it flowering.
Regards. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:10 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dinsh Ji, > A diagnostic character of *Crotalaria medicaginea* is it will have a notch > at the apex of each leaflet if your plant has it then the epithet is correct > for it. > > Regards > Tanay > > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:13 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Looks like Crotalaria medicaginea (var. neglecta?). Not sure but! >> >> With regards >> >> R. Vijayasankar >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear friends, >>> Seems to be an herb, annual ... a beautiful plant, especially the leaves >>> and their arrangement >>> .. do not know of its flower or fruit. >>> ID please >>> >>> >>> Date/Time : July 3, 2010 at 2.14pm IST >>> Location Place : near Amby Valley, Lonavala >>> Altitude : about 772 m (above mean sea level) >>> GPS : around 18°39'24.90"N, 73°24'55.29"E >>> >>> Habitat : moist deciduous forest >>> Type : forest clearing along road >>> >>> Plant >>> Habit : seems to be herb >>> Height : about 50 - 60 cm >>> Length : - not a climber - >>> >>> Leaves >>> Type : compound, trifoliate ... sessile leaflets ... will someone help >>> me with know how these leaves are arranged ... they look like alternating >>> at about 60° >>> Shape : lower pair of leaflets - elliptic, acute base, ending obtuse, >>> unequal sided; the terminal leaflet - oblanceolate with hint of being >>> emarginate >>> Size : variable with lower leaves being smaller, and among leaflets - >>> the terminal being almost twice as larger than the adjacent pair. >>> ... of the largest leaves - the pair of leaflets: about 20 - 25 mm x 10 - >>> 13 mm, terminal: about 35 - 40 mm x 13 - 15 mm >>> ... long petiole, as long as the terminal leaflet. >>> >>> Inflorescence >>> Type : do not know >>> Size : do not know >>> >>> Flowers >>> Size : do not know >>> Colour : do not know >>> Calyx : do not know >>> Bracts : - no bracts - >>> >>> Fruits >>> Type : do not know >>> Shape : do not know >>> Size : do not know >>> Seeds : do not know >>> >>> >>> Other Info >>> Fragrance : do not know >>> Pollinator : do not know >>> Uses : do not know >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >> >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > >
