Hi Dinesh, Forgot to mention - closer home, have also seen it on the Tulsi trail in the Borivali N.P. and an aggregation of huge climbers above the Kanheri caves on the trek from Mama Bhanja. Regards, Neil.
--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:65549] Re: Entada rheedei VS. Entada scandens To: "shrikant ingalhalikar" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 4:14 PM Many thanks Neil ji and Shrikant ji for throwing light. Did not know about E. scandens auct. non Bth My query arose because Entada scandens does not appear as a synonym at NPGS / GRIN ... http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?412130 AND Entada scandens (L.) Benth. is put as synonym of Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. ... http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411955 which is not distributed in Indian subcontinent. Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:04 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: Let me add, E. scandens auct. non Bth. is a synonym of E. rheedei Spreng. The distribution is C. and E. Himalayas, Nepal, W. ghats and Sri Lanka. Regards, On Mar 24, 12:20 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Are both: *Entada* (*rheedei* and *scandens*) find distributed in our > country ? > Are they native ? > Any easy key to differentiate them ? > > Regards. > Dinesh

