It is* Crotalaria* *pallida* var. *obovata*, to be more specific.* *
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Samir Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: > *Crotalaria** pallida Aiton *Surajit ji - matches images in my collection > also*.* > > Regards, > > Samir Mehta* > * > > > On Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:35:45 AM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >> >> Please read the subject line as 15/11/12 in place of 15/1/12 and Regards, >> in place of Reagards... >> >> Thank you once again, >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> On Thursday, 15 November 2012 07:25:51 UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >>> >>> Good morning >>> >>> A net search for the *Crotalaria saltiana* takes me to *Crotalaria >>> pallida*, and pictures tell me that my species might be the same, more >>> so because Satish Sir has one at - https://groups.google.com/d/** >>> topic/indiantreepix/**WD1eSIfaT0o/discussion<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/WD1eSIfaT0o/discussion> >>> . >>> >>> What FoC says about *C. pallida* ? - (Leaflets) apex obtuse to retuse; >>> racemes terminal......http://www.**efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?** >>> flora_id=2&taxon_id=242315565<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242315565> >>> Well, my species shows the above characters! >>> >>> Let's see "Bengal Plants" (Prain), vol1, p 370-371; i copy a few lines :- >>> >>> Leaves digitately compound :- >>> Leaflets almost always 5, sometimes 7, very rarely 3, narrowly linear >>> or oblanceolate, obtuse; pod glabrous many-seeded, cylindric, shortly >>> stalked ............... *quinquefolia* >>> Leaflets *always 3, ovate or oblong* :- >>> Pods oblong or cylindric, many-seeded :- >>> >>> Erect, shrubby; bracts minute setaceous; pods large :- >>> Pods pubescent, subsessile :- >>> Leaflets obovate, obtuse; pods loosely pubescent >>> ....... *incana* >>> Leaflets oblong, acute; pods densely pubescent >>> ......... *bracteata* >>> * Pods glabrous* :- >>> *Pods subsessile* :- >>> Leaflets *oblong, acute* ................... *Brownei >>> * >>> Leaflets *obovate, obtuse* ............ *Saltiana* >>> Pods with a long, slender, filiform gynophore; leaflets >>> obovate-oblong acute ......... *laburnifolia* >>> * >>> * >>> Prostrate, diffuse, herbaceous ..................... etc etc >>> >>> According to The Plant List :- >>> *Crotalaria brownei* DC. = *Crotalaria pallida* Aiton = >>> http://www.theplantlist.org/**tpl/record/ild-26386<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-26386> >>> *Crotalaria saltiana* Andrews is different taxon = >>> http://www.theplantlist.org/**tpl/record/ild-5497<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-5497> >>> = >>> also in >>> http://www.ars-grin.gov/**cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?**12378<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12378> >>> >>> Found a picture of *C. saltiana* - http://www.flickr.** >>> com/photos/holudforing/**6985903468/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/holudforing/6985903468/> >>> >>> Species : *Crotalaria saltiana* Andrews ? >>> H & H : wild undershrub in a waste place, less than 2 feet >>> Date : 12/11/12, 12.01 p.m. >>> Place : Hooghly >>> >>> Thank you & Reagards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> -- > > > > --
