Many thanks all for the valuable inputs. I can confirm this posted *Aeschynomene* as *A.indica*; as the pods are indented on lower margin only.
In *A. aspera*, the pod margin is indented at both margins; also with more leaflet pairs [30-35] when compared with *A. indica*. *A. americana* is cultivated and only reported from Coimbatore dist. of TN. [don't know the purpose of cultivation] On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > MUTHU JI > A.hispida is a perennual shrub growing up to 3 m in height, white pith > which is known as sola and used for making hats, floats and floral > decorations. It has hispid calyx and fruit echinulate > A. indica is an annual herb, usually under 1 m, without soft white pith, > calyx glabrous and white non-echinulate. > > > -- > 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/ > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Muthu ji, another common *Aeschynomene* is *A. americana* ... native of >> Central America and tropical South America ... naturalized in our country. >> .... at my photostream, >> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Aeschynomeneamericana&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags >> >> Not familiar with *A. aspera*. >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> Is there any species closer to this morphology? that is how different is >>> *A. aspera* from this one? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for Validating Sir >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Dr Balkar Singh >>>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>>> Haryana-132103 >>>> 09416262964 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Junior Research Fellow >>> Care Earth Trust >>> Chennai - 61 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >> >> > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org
