Surely it is Entada rheedii, largest pod bearing Liana On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Many thanks for the replies. > I would like to clear certain things from my post... > I just want to highlight about the nature of Lianas from the area. > These pictures are from different places from Phansad. > All may not be of the same species. > *Entada rheedii* is obvious by looking at the pods. > *What I want to learn?* > Some were having aerial roots. > Some were very thorny. > The leaves of some of them change to black on drying. > Can they give clue to the ID when flowers or leaves are not observed? > Waiting for opinions. > Dr Phadke > > > On 28 March 2011 20:22, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lianas or huge climbers. >> Western ghats are known for these. >> Phansad has amazing collection of many of these. >> The species which we all(Dinesh ji, Prashant ji, Ushaprabha ji,Shrikant ji >> and My friend Dr Parag Mahajan) >> observed in Phansad on 20th March2011 included >> *Entada rheedi >> Combretum extensum >> Caesalpinia cucullata >> Diploclisia glaucescens >> Gnetum scandens >> Hiptage benghalensis* >> Sharing some of the views indicating their old age. >> Dr Phadke >> > >
