All Desmodium flowers have a unique texture of their colours. Which make them sharp featured and Dinesh ji's pictures make them crispfurther. An shrub with trifoliate leaves Flowers bluish white. Pods flat rarely constricted between seeds. Hairy 6-8 jointed.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > *Desmodium laxiflorum * DC. > > > - *des-MOH-dee-um* -- from the Greek *desmos* (band or chain), refers > to jointed seed pods > *laks-ih-FLO-rum* -- lax (loose) flowering habit > > > [image: Desmodium laxiflorum > DC.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6226931226%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcYLaKd9bFlEs3tllt9KxcIlBq6tg> > Oct 8, 2011 ... at Koraigad, near Amby Valley, Maharashtra > > > *commonly known as*: loose-flowered desmodium • *Kannada*: ಒತ್ತೆ ಗಿಡ otte > gida • *Konkani*: जंगली गांजा jangli ganja • *Malayalam*: ഓരില orila • * > Manipuri*: পোৰোঙ খোক মানবী porong khok manbi • *Marathi*: आसूड asud, > भूतशेवरा bhut-sheura, जंगली गांजा jangli-ganja • *Nepalese*: कुरो झार > kuro jhar • *Sanskrit*: पार्ष्णीपर्णी parsniparni • *Tamil*: atotti • * > Telugu*: antunthalu, cheppa thatla > > *Native to*: s China, e Asia, tropical Asia; naturalized in w tropical > Africa; also cultivated > > > *some views*: > > - Oct 8, 2011 ... at Koraigad, near Amby Valley, Maharashtra > [image: Desmodium laxiflorum > DC.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6225251813%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze18jCAv7ifxntpjutPRoWV9VO8pg> > [image: > Desmodium laxiflorum > DC.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6226419875%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze-drXe22VGb-pzlVTdQMrcdfs0fA> > - Sep 11, 2011 ... at Manikgad, near Chowk, Maharashtra > [image: Desmodium > laxiflorum]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6141038898%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdgZnYyuYjgTUYt7SntXlC7Df7IiQ> > - Oct 9, 2010 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra > [image: atotti (in > Tamil)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5070311505%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfo53-MVzSf3fR7qKZ6QqIyOK8ZFQ> > - Oct 10, 2009 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra > [image: Otte-gida (Kannada: ಒತ್ತೆ > ಗಿಡ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3997781009%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze7o7dyUTVCA1ojjaLDIxGbx8Xx3Q> > > > > Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are > unable to view them among contents above. > > Regards. > Dinesh -- Dr Satish Phadke
