ID-03062012-PR-2

[Prashant Desai]

Plants from gujarat
Habit Herb
Family Papilionaceae
Leaflet 3
Fruit not Seen
collected from cultivated field

[jmgarg1]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

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[jmgarg1]

A reply

"It is indigofera hochstetteri" from Dr. P. Nagar.

 

Thanks, Dr. Nagar.

[jmgarg1]

A reply from Anil Rajbhar ji:

"Hi,
Its Indigofera trifoliate L.

Indigofera trifoliate L. in Torner Cent . Pl. 229.1756. & Amoen. Acad. 4: 327. 1759; FBI 2: 96 p.p; C 1: 335 p.p; WI 5: 182f. 113; S & J; Hans & William 2: 123. Raghavan 25.

 

20-60 cm, perennial, suffruticose, woody, stoutherbs with white or grey-appressed hairs. Stem: much branched. Leaves : ±1.5cm long, tri-foliate compound; leaflets 0.8–2.6 x 0.5–0.9 glabrous aboveappressed-pubescent beneath, oblanceolate, emarginate, black gland dotted, basecuneate, margin entire, apex obtuse; petiole shorter than leaflets 0.6–1.2 cmlong, terminal leaflet sessile; stipules ±0.1 cm long, setaceous,linear-subulate. Inflorescence : about1 cm long, 6-10 flowered, sessile, dense racemes shorter than leaves. Flower : Pedicels 0.1–0.2 cm long. Calyx : ±0.3 cm long, hairy outside;lobes ±0.1 cm, setaceous, lanceolate, subulate. Corolla : 0.5–0.6 cm long, red or pink to flame-coloured; standard±0.45 cm oblong-obovate, pubescent. Fruits: Pods 1-1.5 x 0.2 cm long, stout or not, slightly 4-angled, deflexed, narrowlywinged on angles, 4-6 seeded, thinly pubescent not torulose. Seeds : 4-8, ±0.2 cm across, cuboid,angular, black.

 

FLS & FRS: Aug.-Sept.

 

Dis. : Gujarat; Reported fromSaurashtra; at Bharuch rare among grasses.

 

The Indigofera hochstetteri does not show trifoliate leaves ..its have around 5 leaflets.."

[Satish Phadke]

I think this is more likely to be a variety of  Indigofera glandulosa.

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Dr Satish Phadke

[jmgarg1]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:      

"It is indigofera hochstetteri" from Dr. P. Nagar."

 

“Its Indigofera trifoliate L. ............................

The Indigofera hochstetteri does not show trifoliate leaves ..its have around 5 leaflets... ” from Anil Rajbhar ji.

 

“I think this is more likely to be a variety of  Indigofera glandulosa.” from Phadke ji.

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From: Prashant Desai <philo...@gmail.com>
Date: 3 June 2012 09:05
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[jmgarg1]

A reply from Dr. Nagar:

"Pods of the plant will assist in giving exact identity of the plant."

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as  Indigofera glandulosa ?

Group discussion at

ID-03062012-PR-2 (google.com)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as  Indigofera glandulosa ?

Group discussion at

ID-03062012-PR-2 (google.com)

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From: Prashant Desai <philo...@gmail.com>

[Saroj Kasaju]

Indigofera glandulosa Roxb. ex Willd. !

http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=4363&cat=7

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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