Pl. see Balanites roxburghii in Balkar ji's posting with published literature in another thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/S_riQVwytMU>.
On 12 June 2014 13:57, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > It somewhat looks like *Balanites aegyptiaca *(?) > Regards > Vijayasankar > > I agree with Vijayasankar Ji..- from Nidhan ji. > Thanks a lot Vijayasankar ji. > Now a problem. I got B. roxburghii as suggestion on Indian Flora Facebook. > The Plant List treats B. aegyptiaca and B. roxburghii as two distinct > species. It would be interesting to know differences. Some sources treat > them synonyms. > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Thanks, Singh ji, for this important issue. > Pl. see CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common > Names ... > <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YC_lAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA521&dq=Balanites+%2B+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-Z-OU6u6Ko2zuAS09oAQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Balanites%20%2B%20india&f=false> > By Umberto Quattrocchi (2012). > More details at Balanites > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/z/zygophyllaceae/balanites> > > > > > Thanks Garg ji. This is what I could gather from this book > Balanites aegyptiaca: Evergreen tree, fluted trunk, slow growing rounded > crown; long straight green spines spirally arranged on branches; smooth > bark fissured, leaves with two grey-green leaflets; flowers yellow-green in > clusters; fruits yellow, date-like; seed veryhard, pointed, surrounded by > bittersweet flesh; ripe fruit edible, young leaves and tender shoots used > as vegetable. > Indian names: Akantaka, hanchadi, garacheti, hingot, hingora > B. roxburghii: shrub with stout axillary spines; alternate leaves; small > greenish white flowers. > Indian names: Dirghakanta, hingoloro, hingaata, hinganbet > Perhaps Nidhan ji known where we had photographed this to confirm whether > it was a tree or shrub and colour of flowers > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 28 May 2014 09:39 > Subject: [efloraofindia:189294] Tree for ID from Karnal 27052014GS1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Tree photographed from Karnal in September, > Please help in ID > > > 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/ > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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