Thanks, Mahadeswara ji. Here are links for lot of pictures: http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/species/?q=dodonaea+viscosa, for details:http://asgap.org.au/d-vis.html & extracts from Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodonaea_viscosa
*Dodonaea viscosa* is a species in the family Sapindaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapindaceae>with a cosmopolitan distribution <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution> in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa>, the Americas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas>, southern Asia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia>and Australasia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia>. Common names include *Hopseed*, *Hopbush*, *Akeake* (New Zealand<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand>) and *Aalii* (Hawaii <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii>). It is a shrub <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub> growing to 1-3 m tall, rarely a small tree <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree> to 10 m tall. The leaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf> are simple elliptical, 6-13 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, and secrete a resinous substance. The flowers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower>are yellow to orange-red, produced in short racemes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raceme>. The fruit<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit>is a capsule <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_(fruit)> 2 cm broad, red ripening brown, with three wings. The wood <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood> is extremely tough and durable, and New Zealand's Māori <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori> have used akeake to fashion clubs and other weapons. The Māori name for the shrub, * akeake*, means "forever and ever". The cultivar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivar>'Purpurea', with purple foliage, is widely grown as a garden shrub. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Mahadeswara Swamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > It is Dodonea viscosa ! > Dr. Mahadeswara swamy. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.M. Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* indiantreepix <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 17 October, 2008 7:47:48 AM > *Subject:* [indiantreepix:5386] For Id 171008JM1 > > On 20/9/08 in Hyderabad, AP. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > > Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. > Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
