Hello all it is Entada rheedei Spreng., Common names: Lady nut, Mackary bean, Nicker bean, Elephant creeper, climbing entada, Garbee bean, Garudwel, Garambi, Garbi, Kardal, Khari. Regards
On May 12, 3:57 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mr.Garg, > Concur. This is Entada rheedii. > Regards, > Neil. > > --- On Wed, 5/12/10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:34621] Trees sporting the summer look #15 of 15 > | Climbing a Liana > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Cc: "raghu ananth" <[email protected]>, "satish phadke" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 3:02 PM > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “This is likely to be Entada rheedii from Family Fabaceae. > The pods are huge may be 5-6 feet also. > Dr Phadke” > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> > Date: 15 April 2010 14:02 > Subject: [efloraofindia:32328] Trees sporting the summer look #15 of 15 | > Climbing a Liana > To: [email protected] > > Trees sporting the summer look #15 of 15 | > > Climbing a Liana > Talakona, AP > > During the trek, I was thinking of taking some of the fallen seeds from the > giant Liana back home and then planting it. :) I remembered a women > selling the seeds near a stream along with Gooseberry and bela fruits. Later > while returning back from the trek, I asked my guide Sriram, (staff, CEBT - > community based eco tourism) about wanting to buy them from the seller and as > to what would be the price. He said the seeds cost Rs. 30 per kg. But then he > forbade me purchasing those seeds. Though we knew no common language and the > conversation went on with the help of hand signals, by this time he had > become my very good friend, a friend I knew since ages. He volunteered to > walk hand in hand on those slippery rocks or the steps we encountered during > trekking. He sometime used to murmur something or talk to himself. But then, > I realized he was trying to recollect the tree and plant names. He would go > somewhere among the rocks suddenly and bring back an > orchid or some strange plant. Later back in the hut, after the day’s trek > was over and feeling refreshed, I went to the giant Liana which I had myself > discovered the previous day evening in the remote corner of the park. I > wanted to photograph it again in the daylight. After sometime, Sriram came to > the spot. He soon folded his pant. I then realized he was about to climb the > liana. But I still wondered how was it possible to climb a woody vine. But he > was an expert and knew the knack of climbing a Liana, which he did with calm, > composed and ease. Soon he reached near the fruits on the top and pulled a > few of them with a stick and climbed down. Please see the pics where the > guide is climbing up and down the liana. > Some college students, well dressed arrived at the scene. We stopped > photographing and moved on. In contrast to Sriram they started to climb, > pull, jump and swing on the Liana branches –young and old. He > finds difficult to educate/warn the younger generation when they indulge in - > climbing steep slippery rocks, diving into the water falls, shouting > students. Generally speaking city dwellers can never be expected to be the > custodians of Nature. > Regards > Raghu > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected])http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants > etc. (arranged alphabetically & > place-wise):http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
