Any member having access to the following publication may help in knowing differences from typical M. rubicaulis
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) © 1920 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=kew> The Indian species of Mimosa by J S Gamble -- 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/ On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Mimosa himalayana* Gamble in Kew Bull. 1920: 4. 1920. > syn: *Mimosa* *rubricaulis* sensu auct.; *Mimosa* *rubricaulis* subsp. * > himalayana* (Gamble) H.Ohashi > > A large deciduous shrub with ribbed densely hairy branches with straight > or hooked up to 4 mm long prickles; leaf bippinate with up to 25 cm long > rachis; pinnae 5-12 pairs, leaflets (pinnules) 6-15 pairs, 3-8 mm long; > flowers pink fading to white in 12-15 mm across heads on up to 6 cm long > peduncle, forming panicle; pod up to 10 cm long, 4-10 jointed, glabrous, > with few prickles on sutures. > > May be confused but easily differentiated from M. hamata, latter has > shorter rachis (up to 5 cm long), few pairs of pinnae (3-6 pairs), fewer > leaflets (6-10 pairs), smaller in size (2-3 mm long) in; shorter peduncle > (2-3.5 cm) and shorter falcate pod (6-7 cm), velvety and densely prickly on > sutures. > > Photographed from Near Nagrota (10 km from Jammu) in J & K in August > > > > -- > 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/ > >
