Good Close up of Fruits Dinesh Ji. Fruits are same but i also have doubt in this being C spectabilis
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Neha ji ... stressed my guess based on the pod that could be seen in one of > your photos. > For kind of width to length ratio of these leaves, slight variance in the > shape may show the shape as EITHER cuneate OR obovate ... simply my opinion, > may not be a correct thought. > > Here is my sighting of of pod and leaf of *C. spectabilis* at > Mahabaleshwar, 13 JAN 2008 for comparison ... pod and leaf in your photos > look quite the same. > The other question is: any other *Crotalaria* close to this species ... > ... seems unlikely. > > [image: Crotalaria > spectabilis]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2195065655%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeZ9UhdADg0UFyYYnFOxG6-tLKjlA> > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Neha Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank You all. Pankaj, Shweta, Prabhu sir, Dinesh Sir and Giby sir. >> >> I have a nagging doubt that the leaf shape of Crotalaria spectabilis is >> obovate and of this species is somehow cuneate. >> Also the leaves of this species were shiny , like of rubber plant ( Ficus >> elastica *)*. >> >> But may be this is due to it's habitat. >> Plz tell me is it so ? >> >> Regards >> Neha >> > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
