re:for id 20080720_4

[vivekmail]

pink flower by roadside near daulatabad. seasonal shrub, 1'-2' tall, grows
in monsoon and then dies out.

[Pankaj Oudhia]

It is Tephrosia purpurea.

Here are links related to its traditional medicinal uses

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/sarphonk.html

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=cdb&pwst=1&q=+site:www.botanical.com+oudhia+tephrosia

http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=10316&entityType=PL****&entityDisplayCategory=eArticles


Pankaj Oudhia

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Pankaj ji for Id help & details.

Here is a link for a few pictures: http://ss.jircas.affrc.go.jp/project/africa_dojo/Fakara_plants/Contents/Species%20pages/Tephrpur.html

For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg