Sophora was my first thought as well, though I'm more familiar with S. affinis (Eve's Necklace--South Florida), S. secundiflora (Texas Mountain Laurel--desert SW), and S. japonica (exotic, used as a street tree) here in the 'States. These species all have similarly constricted pods.
Regards-- Ken. ________________________________ From: Vijayasankar <[email protected]> To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, July 30, 2010 10:04:26 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:42920] Fwd: Dubia-2 from Kashmir Looks like a species of Sophora. Probably S. tetraptera. With regards Vijayasankar On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: resurfacing this shrub from Kashmir for Id > > > >-- > >Dr. Gurcharan Singh >Retired Associate Professor >SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM >Subject: Dubia-2 from Kashmir >To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > >Dubia-2, a leguminous shrub with pinnate leaves and moniliform pods, grown in >newly developed Hazuribagh Garden in Srinagar, Kashmir. Photographed on June >16, >2010. >-- >Dr. Gurcharan Singh >Retired Associate Professor >SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > >
