Many thanks Prasad ji, for showing this *Desmodium*. Quite a large leaf, and a large shrub too.
Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Good one Prasad. So from your pictures this Desmodium is having a large > leaf as compared to many others posted earlier. > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 1:17 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 >> > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
