Thanks Nidhan ji for introducing this plant to me.
-- 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, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All, > > This one is *Atylosia scarabaeoides** (Linn.) Benth*., Pl. Jungh. 243, > 1852; *Dolichos scarabaeoides *Linn., Sp. Pl. 2: 1020 > > A slender twiner, sometimes with woody basal portion, stem densely > grey-pubescent. Leaves trifoliate, 3-5 cm long, subcoriaceous. Leaflets > oblong or elliptic-obovate, obtuse or subacute, apex mucronate, base > rounded, grey-pubescent above, densely downy and gland-dotted beneath, > 3-nerved at the base, lateral leaflets oblique. Flowers 2-6, on short, > densely pubescent, axillary peduncle. Sepals* *densely silky. Petalsyellow, > 0.7-1.4 cm long, with orange streaks. > Pod 2.0-2.5 cm, straight, 4-6-seeded, densely clothed with silky brownish > hairs. > Photographed from Morni-Panchkula road, October 2010 > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > >
