Yes Tanay Ji. this plant is distributed in most part of India 9from South to North), Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Africa. This is very common in forest under growth.
Regards Prasad On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > I have seen this plant in Bengal too which seems to be a probable option. > Tanay > > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:47 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear members sending the photograph of *Desmodium velutinum* taken from >> Ranpur >> >> >> Name of the species: *Desmodium velutinum* >> >> Family: Papilionaceae >> >> Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa >> >> Habit: Shrub up to 3 m tall. >> >> Habitat: Wild, dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests and also in open >> forests. >> >> Altitude: 200 to 400 m above msl >> >> Description: Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, hairy. Flowers ca. 8 >> mm long, purple, placed in long racemes. Fruits long, yellow, beaded pods. >> >> * * >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Prasad >> >> -- >> Prasad Kumar Dash >> Ecologist, Orissa, India >> email: [email protected] >> ph. 09437444241 >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
