Yes Ushadi, this is also a fodder plant in tribal belts. This is also not common in wild.
Regards prasad On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > A vetch... one more... > Is this an imported weed? > Is it eaten by cattle... ??? can it be useful in that regard? > Usha di > > > On Nov 21, 3:16 pm, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear members sharing the photograph of *Aeschynomene americana *from > Ranpur > > > > Name of the species: *Aeschynomene americana* > > > > Family: Papilionaceae > > > > Place of collection: Ranpur, orissa > > > > Habit: Erect herb > > > > Habitat: Wild, along river sides, ponds > > > > Altitude: 150 m above msl > > > > Regards > > > > prasad > > > > -- > > Prasad Kumar Dash > > Ecologist, Orissa, India > > email: [email protected] > > ph. 09437444241 > > > > Aeschynomene americana plant.jpg > > 256KViewDownload > > > > Aeschynomene americana pod.jpg > > 166KViewDownload > > > > Aeschynomene americana.jpg > > 197KViewDownload > > > > Aeschynomene americana close up.jpg > > 252KViewDownload > > > > Aeschynomene americana flower.jpg > > 281KViewDownload > > > > Aeschynomene americana flower1.jpg > > 294KViewDownload > > > > Aeschynomene americana flower 11 copy.jpg > > 252KViewDownload > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
