Rattlepod for Id 280911 NS1

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Neha Singh

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28 Sept 2011, 4:46:52 am28/09/11
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Dear all,
             Attached fabaceae member is for Id. Plz identify.

Plant Habit- Small tree of abt 9-10 feet.

Habitat- Wild

Location- Mahabaleshwar

Date- 26 th Jan 11.

Regards
Neha Singh


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Bhatt Sweta

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28 Sept 2011, 4:52:29 am28/09/11
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Crotolaria species from Fabaceae?!
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Bhatt Shweta
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Prabhu kumar KM

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28 Sept 2011, 4:55:07 am28/09/11
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Crotalaria sp.--
 
 

Prabhu Kumar K M
Scientist 
Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division
Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (CMPR)
& 'CMPR' Herbarium
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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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28 Sept 2011, 9:31:30 am28/09/11
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Nice Crotolaria.
Thanks for sharing Neha.
Pankaj


On Sep 28, 4:52 pm, Bhatt Sweta <bhattsw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Crotolaria species* from Fabaceae?!
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> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Neha Singh <neha.vind...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >              Attached fabaceae member is for Id. Plz identify.
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> > Plant Habit- Small tree of abt 9-10 feet.
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> > Habitat- Wild
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> > Location- Mahabaleshwar
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> > Date- 26 th Jan 11.
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> > Regards
> > Neha Singh
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> > All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great n small
> > All things wise n wonderful, the good God made them all
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> *Bhatt Shweta*
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> M.S.U.

Dinesh Valke

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28 Sept 2011, 10:29:38 am28/09/11
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... my strong guess: Crotalaria spectabilis ... commonly known as: cats bell, greater rattle pod, showy crotalaria, showy rattlepod • Hindi: ghungri, जंगली सन jangli san, jhunjhunia • Kannada: kaadu senabu • Marathi: डिंगळा dingala, खुळखुळा khulkhula

Regards.
Dinesh

Giby Kuriakose

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29 Sept 2011, 1:19:12 am29/09/11
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I think Dinesh Ji is correct in guessing this plant as Crotalaria spectabilis of Leguminosae family.


Regards,
Giby


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Neha Singh

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29 Sept 2011, 10:51:32 am29/09/11
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Thank You all. Pankaj, Shweta, Prabhu sir, Dinesh Sir and Giby sir.

 I have a nagging doubt that the leaf shape of Crotalaria spectabilis is obovate and of this species is somehow cuneate.
 Also the leaves of this species were shiny , like of rubber plant ( Ficus elastica ).

But may be this is due to it's habitat.
Plz tell me is it so ?

Regards
Neha

Dinesh Valke

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29 Sept 2011, 11:27:03 am29/09/11
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Neha ji ... stressed my guess based on the pod that could be seen in one of your photos.
For kind of width to length ratio of these leaves, slight variance in the shape may show the shape as EITHER cuneate OR obovate ... simply my opinion, may not be a correct thought.

Here is my sighting of of pod and leaf of C. spectabilis at Mahabaleshwar, 13 JAN 2008 for comparison ... pod and leaf in your photos look quite the same.
The other question is: any other Crotalaria close to this species ... ... seems unlikely.

Crotalaria spectabilis

Regards.
Dinesh

Balkar Arya

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29 Sept 2011, 11:32:59 am29/09/11
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Good Close up of Fruits Dinesh Ji. Fruits are same but i also have doubt in this being C spectabilis 
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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Neha Singh

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29 Sept 2011, 11:44:23 am29/09/11
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Yes the pods and the leaves looks same Dinesh sir.
Thanks  for clearing my doubt.

Regards
Neha

J.M. Garg

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3 Feb 2020, 4:32:30 am03/02/20
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Crotalaria retusa as per details herein and as per keys in Flora of Pakistan.
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