Yes, it does look like *Mucuna atropurpurea*. Regards
Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > This plant is *Mucuna* sp. only. I taken these photographs from the same > location. Please help in narrowing down to species. Could this be *Mucuna > atropurpurea* DC. > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Resurfacing again for Id >> >> Earlier relevant feedback: >> Shrikant ji..............................“This is interesting. Pls keep a >> watch on flowers, the leaves suggest >> >> Fabaceae, *may be Butea superba*. >> >> Vijayasankar ji......................“By seeing the brown tomentum, i *guess >> it could be either Mucuna or Pueraria species*. But let's wait for >> flowers. By the way did u get any info on presence of tuber in this plant, >> >> >> Parjanya ji.................................“*How abt Mucuna monosperma* >> ..?” >> >> >> Tanay...........................................his can be *Mucuna sp* but >> not sure about the species, prescence of fruit could have narrowed down the >> search. If there is any information about the fruits with Muthu ji kindly >> provide it. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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: Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:35 PM >> Subject: [efloraofindia:27031] Twiner for id 010210MK1 >> To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> >> Der all, >> Please identify this climber found on the bank of a stream at >> Satyamangalam forests at low altitudes. Flower size ranges 1 inch in length. >> >> Date: 20 Jan 2010 >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth >> Chennai >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 09626833911 > www.careearthtrust.org > >
