*THE PLANT THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR ID IS* ** *Mimosa bimucronata* (DC.) Kuntz. *[Family MIMOSACEAE]* *Synonym :* = Acacia bimucronata DC. [family MIMOSACEAE] = Mimosa stuhlmannii Harms [family MIMOSACEAE]
*Description: * Shrub or small tree up to 10 m. high; stems varying from densely pubescent or puberulous to almost glabrous, and also ± sparsely armed with scattered straight or slightly recurved prickles 2-10 mm. long. Leaves unarmed, petiole 0·3-1·7 cm. long; rhachis 1·3-9·5 cm. long, with 3-9 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 10-30 pairs (the lowest pair very reduced, ± equal, subulate), 4-12 x 0·8-2·6 mm., linear-oblong, venation basal and pinnate, prominent beneath; margins ± ciliate, not setulose. Flowers whitish, in subglobose pedunculate heads 0·7-1·7 cm. in diam., clustered 1-4 together along the leafless branches of a terminal panicle; clusters leafless or with pinnate bracts up to c. 3 mm. long. Calyx 0·3-0·5 mm. long. Corolla c. 1·5-2·5 mm. long. Stamens 8(10). Pods brown, 2-6 x 0·5-0·7 cm., without bristles or prickles, glabrous or almost so, breaking up transversely into segments c. 5-7 mm. long, the margins persisting as an empty frame. *Taxon Range* Native of South America *Habitat* Introduced *Regards,* ** *Tanay,* On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again for 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:38 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:26993] ... Acacia at an avenue in Shimla > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear friends, > > Only one photo to show ... thus making it botanically challenging ... need > not be resurfaced in future. > Yet friends familiar with Shimla flora may help me out with ID. > > > *Date/Time* : May 31, 2008 at 6.28am IST > *Location Place* : Shimla, NH 22 near Mall Road ... *Altitude* : about > 2200 m ... *GPS* : about 31° 5'52.49" N, 77° 10'36.99" E > *Habitat* : Avenue Tree ... *Type* : :( > *Plant Habit* : Small Tree ... *Height *: about 10 - 12 ft... *Length* : > :( > *Leaves Type *: double compound... *Shape* : :( ... *Size* : :( > *Inflorescence Type* : :( ... *Size* : :( > *Flowers Size* : 12 - 15 mm ... *Colour* : off-white ... *Calyx* : :( ... > *Bracts* : :( > *Fruits Type* : :( ... *Shape *: :( ... *Size* : :( ... *Seeds* : :( > > *Other Info* : > *Fragrance* : :( ... *Pollinator* : :( ... *Uses* : :( > > > > Regards. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
