Beautiful plant indeed. The illustrative pictures show how much important the pods are in Fabaceae
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Desmodium elegans* DC. in Ann. Sci.Nat. 4:100. Jan. 1825. > Syn: *Desmodium* *nutans *Wall. ex Hook.; *Desmodium* *tiliifolium* (D.Don) > G.Don; *Hedysarum* *tiliifolium* D.Don > > Densely puescent shrub with trifoliate leaves on long petiole, with broad > orbicular to ovate-obovate up to 8 cm long leaflets; flowers pale lilac to > dark purple, 10-15 mm long, in spreading panicle up to 50 cm long, flowers > 2-3 at each node; pod up 5-8 cm long, upper suture straight, lower > constricted. > > Photographed from Banihal in Jammu & Kashmir, along hill slopes in August, > and Chakrata in September > > -- > 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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
