I agree with Dinesh ji's id: *Indigofera cassioides*. With regards
Vijayasankar On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID confirmation > > Earlier feedback > > Hari ji......................................Dinesh ji. . .this looks like > a large shrub?? was it hand held while taking the photograph?? As far as > we know I.tinctoria is a small shrub.. We consider I.tinctoria as Neelini > in Ayurveda...but till now what ever we had seen & learnt was totally > different from this plant...Kindly clarify > Sheji ji...................................yes hari, i too felt the same > doubt..., so posted one neeli photo , but with out infloresence... > Dinesh ji.................................Dear friends, ... at another > forum, my friends have genuine doubts about this plant being *I. tinctoria > *. > Their thoughts: *I. tinctoria* is a small shrub, similar to *I. > suffruticosa* (in fact, they think both are synonymous). > Me........................................*Indigofera suffruticosa* is > cultivated as an alternative to *I. tinctoria* for the production of the > dye indigo. The two are quite distinct: > > > *Indigofera tinctoria Indigofera suffruticosa* > > Small shrub, 50 cm- 100 cm tall Small > shrub 80 cm-150 cm tall > > Pubescence whitish > Pubescence grayish green > > Stipules 2mm long > Stipules 4 > mm long > > Leaflets 9-13, apex rounded to emarginate Leaflets > 11-19, apex acute to rounded > > Petiole 1.3-2.5 cm long > Petiole 1.5 cm > long > > Racemes 2.5-9 cm long, lax > racemes 2-3 cm long, dense > > Bracts bristle-like, 1-1.5 mm long bracts > linear, 2 mm long > > Ovary glabrous > ovary > densely hairy > > Fruit straight to semicircular but never falcate Fruit > falcate > > Fruit 2.5-3 cm long > fruit 1-1.5 > cm > > Me.................................................I doubt this to be I. > tinctoria on two counts > > 1. Leaflets are around 19, they are never more than 13 in I. inctoria > 2. The shrub appears to be taller than I. tinctoria which is rarely more > than 1 m tall > > Dinesh ji...................................................... going to > consider this plant as *Indigofera cassioides* ... unless anyone familiar > with it validates to be not. > > > > > -- > 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: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, May 29, 2010 at 1:13 AM > Subject: NATIVE :: Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Indigofera tinctoria > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > > Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » *Indigofera tinctoria* ((syn. *Indigofera > argentea, Indigofera sumatrana*) > ... also placed in Papilionaceae > > > in-dee-GO-fer-uh -- bearing indigo > tink-TOR-ee-uh -- used in dyeing or has a sap which can stain > > *commonly known as*: true indigo • Bengali: নীল neel • Gujarati: નીલ neel > • Hindi: नील neel • Kannada: ajara, nili • Malayalam: amari, nilamari, nili > • Marathi: निळंबी nilambi, नीली nili • Sanskrit: नीली neeli, nilika, नीलिनी > nilini, rangapatri • Tamil: அவுரி avuri, நீலி nili • Telugu: అవిరి aviri, > నీలి nili > * > Native of*: tropical Africa, w Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, s China, > Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, n Australia; widely naturalized / > cultivated; exact native range obscure > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/True%20Indigo.html > • Indigo page ... http://www.indigopage.com/herbal/indigofera.htm > • NPGS / GRIN ... > http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20064 > • ILDIS ... > http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~2778&genus~Indigofera&species~tinctoria > • M.M.P.N.D. ... > http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Indigofera.html > • DDSA ... http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Views attached from: > ... enroute Kas plateau > > > Regards. > > > > -- > 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/ > >
