Just to complete the discussion please try to answer my query too... Why it is not I*ndigofera glandulosa*?
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Vijayasankar ji again > > > -- > 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 Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Vijayasankar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I consider the posted plant as Indigofera trifoliata, mainly due to the >> prominent wings. I. prostrata is a prostrate herb with very narrowly winged >> pods. It is not I. trita for sure. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I just came across the description in Herbaceous Flora of Dehradun by C >>> R Babu, adjacent to our Chakrata. He reports Indigofera prostrata from the >>> area, a species that was treated under I. trifoliata in FBI and few other >>> Floras, but as distinct species by Gamble, Babu and now The Plant list. >>> According to Babu the two are differentiated as under: >>> >>> *Indigofera trifoliata: *perennial, stout stems, leaflets shallowly >>> notched, stout; pod 8-10 mm long, 2 mm broad, 4-6 seeded; sutures winged, >>> seeds as long as broad. >>> *Indigofera prostrata:* annual, slender stems, leaflets obtuse >>> mucronate, slender; pod 13-15 mm long, 1 mm broad, 8-9 seeded, faintly >>> winged; seeds longer than broad. >>> >>> In above photographs leaves appear mucronate, but other things don't >>> match I. prostrata they rather approach I. trifoliata. >>> Your comments please. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear H S >>>> I did consider I. trita seriously but went for I. trifoliata because: >>>> 1. the pods appear winged. >>>> 2. under surface of leaf is gland-dotted >>>> 3. according to eflora of Pakistan inflorescence may be up to 4.5 cm >>>> long in I. trita, here it is sessile >>>> 4. I trifoliata is reported from the area, not I. trita >>>> >>>> Enclosing some more close ups >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 2:20 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Surely Indigofera, but to me it look more like I. trita >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Vijayasankar < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Gurcharan ji, for the nice words and also for the validation. >>>>>> I agree with your id : I. trifoliata. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Vijayasankar Raman >>>>>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>>>>> University of Mississippi >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Gurcharan Singh >>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Vijayasankar ji, you are never wrong >>>>>>> I never knew Indigofera has a few species with trifoliate leaves, so >>>>>>> perhaps ignored the pod length. >>>>>>> Yes it matches with Indigofera trifoliata L. with leaflets >>>>>>> gland-dotted on under surface, racemes almost sessile, bright red >>>>>>> corolla , >>>>>>> bristle-like calyx teeth and pubescent deflexed pod with weak wings. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks a ton for this great lead. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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, Dec 23, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Vijayasankar < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gurcharan ji, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Could this be an Indigofera species? I think pods of Lespedeza are >>>>>>>> 1-seeded. I may be wrong though. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Vijayasankar Raman >>>>>>>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>>>>>>> University of Mississippi >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Resurfacing again for Species ID >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>>>> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:48 PM >>>>>>>>> Subject: Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Lespedeza sp. >>>>>>>>> from Chakrata Tiger fall area >>>>>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Undershrub with robust trailing branches; leaves trifoliate up to >>>>>>>>> 2.5 cm long, and red flowers in axillary clusters. >>>>>>>>> Photographed from Chakrata Tiger fall road in September. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> - H.S. >>>>> >>>>> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere >>>>> heart of stone >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
