Pueraria wallichii DC. (syn: Dolichos frutescens D.Don); Bangladesh (N) ; Bhutan (N); China (U) ; Xizang Zizhiqu ; Yunnan; India (N) ; Assam ; Meghalaya; Mizoram ; Sikkim; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal ; Myanmar (N); Nepal (N) ; Thailand (U) as per ILDIS; Shrubs, sometimes climbing. Branches slender, thinly pubescent or glabrescent. Stipules basifixed, lanceolate, caducous; stipels small, bristly; terminal leaflet obovate, 10-13 cm, abaxially with few adpressed hairs, adaxially green, glabrescent, base deltoid, margin entire, apex caudate-acuminate. Racemes up to 15 cm, often fascicled or paniculate; peduncle long, slender. Pedicels slender, clustered at nodes of rachis. Calyx ca. 4 mm, subglabrous; teeth obscure or very broad, lower ones broader. Corolla white to reddish; standard obovate, ca. 1.2 cm, base narrowed into a short claw, without auricles; wings slightly shorter than curved keel; keel equal to standard. Vexillary stamen only free at base, other part joined with filament tube. Legumes straight, 7.5-12.5 cm × 6-12 mm, glabrous. Fl. Sep-Oct. Hill slopes in forests or thickets India: Assam, Bihar, Southern India; Thailand, China (Attributions- Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project from India Biodiversity Portal) Location: Suryabinayak, Nepal Date: 7 January 2018 Elevation: 4600 ft. Images not so good quality due to very long shot ! Fabaceae ...??? Pl. check Was it near habitat? It was in wild and located at the edge of the forest about 60/70 ft. above the road so the images could not be better. However, it is not in the vicinity of people habitat. I asked you because pods looked like that. Yes ..., it looks like but I guess it is some wild sp. Unusual flowering in this season. Appear closer to Desmodium elegans.Only confusion is the flowering season and seed pods which looks different ! Yes, your confusion is valid. Pods are different than Desmodium, no constriction between two seeds! I wonder what it could be then?Could not find a match as per images at Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Is it a climber Thanks, ... Appears so from the habit image in the first picture. I guess it is a shrub. Pueraria wallichii DC. as per SK 2232 19 October 2019
SK 2232 19 October 2019 : 21 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)-1, 2 & 2 mb. Location: Okharpauwa, Nuwakot Date: 17 October 2019 Elevation: 1712 m. Habit : Wild Which Fabaceae? Attachments (1)- 7 mb. Attachments (1)- 7 mb. Attachments (1)- 2 mb. climber: or shrub Scandent / Dangling so you have pictures of the stem that was dangling? was it woody, hairy etc Sorry, I could hardly pull the small part of it. By the way stem looks strong and thick like finger ! Flower, calyx remind me of Canavalia sp. It is not listed in Nepal ! Some Canavalia is syn with Dolichos but not matching. I guess it is then same one from my earlier post but not yet identified. Do you have any habit image ? Unfortunately, no. Actually I saw a couple of flowers lying on the floor and looked for the mother plant but did not find. After a few distance I saw a branch dangling down and pulled it. It looked like scandent shrub rather than a climber. OK, ... Haymondia wallichii (DC.) A.N.Egan & B.Pan ?? Syn : Pueraria wallichii DC. ?? That is how I came to guess about the ID. Do you think it is correct ? I think so. Fabaceae is enormous. I wonder how you came to this Genus !! I was checking the drawings of Stainton book and it struck my mind and searched the net and came across POWO image. I also agree with the id as matching with leaf venation and flowers per the following: References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 World Flora Online ILDIS GBIF image Thailand Nature Project GBIF (High resolution specimens) POWO Flora of China Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Biodiversity Portal Research Gate |
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