Many thanks Garg ji for resurfacing this post. Many thanks to Prabhu ji, Krishan ji and Alok ji for validating comments.
Tabish, please note the plant at http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tropical%20Kudzu.html has been wrongly identified by me ... you may consider Krishan ji's thought of *Desmodium elegans*. Regards. Dinesh On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:17 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again forId confirmation orotherwise please. > Some earlierrelevant feedback: > “Please check one more time regarding the identification of this species. > To me it is *not Pueraria phaseoloides*. > Prabhu Kumar K M” > "It looks me *Desmodium elegans* which is a shrub and flowers during may > to july. and found in tempreat area. > > Krishan Lal" > > "I think it might be *Desmodium sp*.... > Alok" > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 7 November 2011 12:55 > Subject: [efloraofindia:92616] Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: > Pueraria phaseoloides in Manali > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > *Pueraria phaseoloides * (Roxb.) Benth. > > > - *pew-er-RAY-ree-uh* -- named for Marc Nicolas Puerari, 19th century > Swiss botanist > *faz-ee-oh-LOY-deez* -- from Latin *phaseolus*; meaning small boat, > referring to bean pods > > > [image: Pueraria > phaseoloides]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2561672196%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfL-F_1iUYKiSq_FD2KNTYbQpBhkQ> > Jun 4, 2008 ... at Manali, Himachal Pradesh > > > *commonly known as*: puero, tropical kudzu • *Assamese*: বেজি-মাহ beji > mah • *Nepalese*: बिदारी लहरो bidaarii laharo, कुदुजु घांस kuduzu ghans > > *Native to*: lower Himalayas, Indo-China, Malesia, the Philippines, New > Guinea, Pacific Islands; naturalized elsewhere > > > > > > Dear friends, embedded image attached for the benefit of those who are > unable to view it among contents above. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1860 members & > 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
