This is Salix babylonica Sir. In living pictures the catkins sometimes look bigger. I collected a male specimen of this species from West Sikkim and also make herbarium sheet with that. I'll post it now, you can find the differences between the living and dried catkins.
Thanks, Sukla ------------------------------------------------ Sukla Chanda, PhD Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago IL. On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I think catkins are too long for S. babylonica, in which they are mostly > less than 2.5 cm long. Sukla ji can give better decision. > > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 11:50 AM, D.S Rawat > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Salix babylonica *L. is a common wild and planted tree in Uttarakhand. >> >> The picture is from Bhimtal area of Uttarakhand. >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
