Madam and Sir, I thought i knew this plant and tried to ID it. But now i find two more similar looking trees that can be confusing.
- The images found in google search show - immature heads of *Acacia torta* (Roxb.) Craib are maroon (purple?). Moreover, *Acacia torta*(Roxb.) Craib has prickles<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063320> . - Though FoP informs that *Acacia leucophloea* (Roxb.) Willd. may not have spines<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063323> the illustration found in the same site shows paired spines - http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=115325&flora_id=5. - According to Flora of British India<http://ia700603.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004415&itemPath=%2F33%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004415&server=ia700603.us.archive.org&page=n298_w293> , *Acacia leucophloea* Willd. has 1/4th to 1 in. spines and heads are yellow. .I fail to find any prickle or spine in the images in this thread. But, at the same time, i am not sure if this can be *Leucaena leucocephala* (Lam.) de Wit. One interesting point - (i) pinnae 1.3-3.8 cm long in *Acacia leucophloea* (Roxb.) Willd. - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063323 (ii) pinnae 5 - 10 (16) cm long in *Leucaena leucocephala* (Lam.) de Wit. - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200012201 Thank you, Regards, surajit On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Chitra Shanker <[email protected]>wrote: > A full tree pic would help as they have typical canopy structures. > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Can be Acacia leucophloea... >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> > > > > -- > Dr. Chitra Shanker > Sr. Scientist (Entomology) > Directorate of Rice Research, > Rajendranagar, Hyderabad -500030 > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/QibSRcK6bjQ/unsubscribe?hl=en > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
