Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Dendrolobium umbellatum at Sanjay Gandhi National Park & Karnala Bird Sanctuary

[Dinesh Valke]

Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth.

• den-droh-LOH-bee-um -- from the Greek dendron (tree) and lobos (pod, capsule)
  um-bell-AY-tum -- in umbels

Aug 26, 2007 ... at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai

commonly known as: horse bush • Marathi: पांढरा चिकटा pandhra chikta • Kannada: ಜೇನು ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಗಿಡ jenu kaddi gida

Native to: e tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia, e Asia, n Australia


some views:

• Oct 2, 2011 ... at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra
  
• between Oct 4 & Nov 14, 2009 ... at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park)
  

Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are unable to view them among contents above.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Very Good Complete Set of Pics Dinesh Ji

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[Satish Phadke]

Very nicely illustrated pictures Dinesh ji
Dendrobium umbellatum Earlier Desmodium umbellatum
Characters seen here:
Terete stem. Leaves trifoliate.
Flowers 6-12 white; in axillary umbells.
Pods turgid dented on both sutures 4-5 jointed

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:19 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dr Satish Phadke

[H S]

To me it look like Desmodium triangulare and not D. umbellatum...

 

D. umbellatum leaves are quite different...

 

Check kew herbarium photos...

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[jmgarg1]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Very nicely illustrated pictures Dinesh ji Dendrobium umbellatum Earlier Desmodium umbellatum Characters seen here: Terete stem. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers 6-12 white; in axillary umbells.

Pods turgid dented on both sutures 4-5 jointed- from Satish ji.

To me it look like Desmodium triangulare and not D. umbellatum... D. umbellatum leaves are quite different...

Check kew herbarium photos... from Hemson ji.

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[radhaveach]

It is Desmodium triangulare.
Please see recent discussion about it on this site.

best regards
Radha