Neil ji Thanks for pointing out. Our identification was based on plant uploaded by Ritesh ji in the following thread. In fact I had pointed out that this plant looks different from one on FOI.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/%5Befloraofindia:92925%5D$20Fabaceae$20(Faboideae)$20Week_Desmodium$20laxiflorum_RKC02_08112011/indiantreepix/TUe0vQpzd9g/2LvqmEN4HMEJ -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Dr. Balkar Singh, > This does not look like Desmodium laxiflorum to me. My photographs for > comparison are available at this link : > > > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/539ade01bf2ce57e/646cca2b0e93f50b?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Desmodium+laxiflorum+Neil+Soares#646cca2b0e93f50b > > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Fri, 11/11/11, Balkar Singh <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Balkar Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:93901] Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) > Week: Desmodium laxiflorum from near Dakpathar on Chakrata road > To: "Satish Phadke" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" < > [email protected]> > Date: Friday, November 11, 2011, 7:44 PM > > > Here are mines Sir same Place > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Satish Phadke > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Nice colour shades in a lax inflorescence. Beautiful. > > > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> Desmodium laxiflorum DC. in Ann.Sci.Nat.Paris ser. 1.4 : 100. Jan. 1825. > >> Syn: Desmodium difusum DC. > >> Small shrub with pubescent young branches; leaves trifoliate on up to 8 > cm > >> long petiole, terminal leaflet up to 15 cm long, lateral leaflets > smaller, > >> elliptic to broadly lanceolate; flowers white or pinkish with darker > keel, > >> 6-8 mm long, in lax erect raceme; pod 3-5 cm long, 6-10 jointed, both > >> sutures constricted, pubescent. > >> Photographed near Dakpathar along Chakrata road. > >> -- > >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> Retired Associate Professor > >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > >
