Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Bauhinia vahlii from Morni, Haryana

[Gurcharan Singh]

Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 297. 1834.

Common nmes: Malu creeper

Hindi: Maljan

Beng: Sihar

Mar: Chambul

Tel: Adda

Large climber with tendrils opposite the leaves; leave 15-45 cm long, almost as broad, cordate at base, lobed at apex, sparsely hairy above, densely hairy beneath, petiole 7-9 cm long; flowers white turning  buff with age, in terminal dense subcormbose raceme; calyx 3-5 lobed, 10-12 mm long, densely villous; petals 2-4 cm long, spathulate, hairy outside; stamens 3 with additional 2-7 staminodes; pod woody 20-30 cm long, 5-7 cm broad, velvety. 

Photographed from the hilly slopes of Morni hills in April

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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/

[Balkar Singh]

Good Shots Sir

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Nidhan Singh]

Yes Sir,
Nice pics, I am attaching a picture of a pod from the same area.

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Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
Ph.: 09416371227

[Dinesh Valke]

Not yet seen this plant.
Many many thanks Gurcharan ji and Nidhan ji for this upload.
Regards.
Dinesh

[H S]

these all photographs are very interesting, becoz what we get in Maharashtra as B. vahlii are quite different from these photos..

One planted in Mahim Nature Park, Mumbai, if anybody like to see the live specimen.

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 - H.S.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks H S

I think you are right

The plant uploaded by us from Morni and one uploaded by Prashant ji look different, especially the fruits. The leaves also seem to be smaller in Prashant ji's plant. It would be interesting to know what other climber species are reported from Western Ghats.

https://indiantreepix.googlegroups.com/attach/ed99447a34df2972/Phanera+vahlii.JPG?view=1&part=2

https://indiantreepix.googlegroups.com/attach/f92aac38c89c691/Bauhinia+vahlii_8717.jpg?view=1&part=5

We have two reported from our part B. vahlii (leave slightly lobed, leaves very large up to 40 cm long (10-40 cm) and B. corymbosa with smaller leaves (5 cm or less; leaves divided almost to base), on that count our plant fits B. vahlii.

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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/ 

[Ushadi micromini]

Gurcharanji:
question...
when there is regional variation...
even in the seed pods... as in this case apparently...
is there enough Genetic variation that shows up in DNA or RNA
fingerprinting?
I dont know enough molecular biology of PLANTS to know the answer....

AND if the fingerprints differ by say 10% or 20% .. is it a new
variant or a new species?

Usha di
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On Dec 7, 3:24 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks H S
> I think you are right
> The plant uploaded by us from Morni and one uploaded by Prashant ji look
> different, especially the fruits. The leaves also seem to be smaller in
> Prashant ji's plant. It would be interesting to know what other climber
> species are reported from Western Ghats.
>

> https://indiantreepix.googlegroups.com/attach/ed99447a34df2972/Phaner...
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> https://indiantreepix.googlegroups.com/attach/f92aac38c89c691/Bauhini...

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> We have two reported from our part B. vahlii (leave slightly lobed, leaves
> very large up to 40 cm long (10-40 cm) and B. corymbosa with smaller leaves
> (5 cm or less; leaves divided almost to base), on that count our plant fits
> B. vahlii.
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> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

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> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:23 PM, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > these all photographs are very interesting, becoz what we get in
> > Maharashtra as B. vahlii are quite different from these photos..
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> > One planted in Mahim Nature Park, Mumbai, if anybody like to see the live
> > specimen.
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> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> >> Not yet seen this plant.
> >> Many many thanks Gurcharan ji and Nidhan ji for this upload.
> >> Regards.
> >> Dinesh
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[Ushadi micromini]

Dear HS...
from the last few threads...
it seems you are a vast storehouse of information about precise
location of nice plants in Bombay area...
if I ever make it to Bombay... I would wish for you to join our group
to these gardens... on our meandering slow walk... so I do not miss
any of these interesting plants... that we do not have nor do we get
to see them on the eastern india in these gangetic plains...
Usha di

On Dec 7, 2:53 pm, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> these all photographs are very interesting, becoz what we get in
> Maharashtra as B. vahlii are quite different from these photos..
>
> One planted in Mahim Nature Park, Mumbai, if anybody like to see the live
> specimen.
>

> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Not yet seen this plant.
> > Many many thanks Gurcharan ji and Nidhan ji for this upload.
> > Regards.
> > Dinesh
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Ushadi 

Fortunately molecular biology is one field which unites animals and plants. Many areas of manifestation and analysis are similar.

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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/