Hello all While going through the plant list of North east in one of our project, I came across an interesting plant name called "dancing plant". On going through the literature i found out that it has leaflets which are sensitive to sunlight and move at a faster rate to help the terminal leaflet to orient itself for getting maximum sunlight. I don't have the photograph of the plant but felt this information may be interesting for the group members. the details of the plant are:
Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.)H.Ohashi syn: Desmodium motorium, Desmodium gyrans common names: telegraph plant, semaphore plant, Dancing plant http://culturesheet.org/fabaceae:codariocalyx:motorius http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codariocalyx_motorius http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXt0iPMKSTA&NR=1 any member who might have come across this plant and have images can upload their plant picture in the forum. regards satish pardeshi -- EACH ONE.... PLANT ONE... Satish Pardeshi Plant Taxonomist Mumbai, Pune
