I am going through these images again and again and comparing them with the existing literature and data available to me. Once again, I am unable to distinguishing Acacia polyacantha with Acacia catechu. The cracks and fissures on the stem are usual in the latter and therefore I think it should be called Senegalia catechu, with S. polyacantha as its synonym. Tapas.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday I observed that this might be Senegalia catechu. After further > search through literature, I find that the plants with armed stem may be > regarded as a variant, or a distict species, on this character and the > available name for this entity is Senegalia polycantha, which is, howerver, > otherwise indistinguishable from S. catechu. This matter can be settled > only by careful field studies of populations by some young and energetic > person. > Regards, > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Acacia chundra* of Mimosaceae? >> >> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 7:09 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> efi page on Senegalia polyacantha >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/fabaceae/senegalia/acacia-polyacantha> >>> with >>> images >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: tsp kumar <[email protected]> >>> Date: 12 December 2015 at 23:51 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:237149] ID-TSP-12DEC2015-1: Fabaceae specimen >>> for ID >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> >>> >>> Kindly identify this specimen belonging to Fabaceae. Could this be >>> Senegalia polycantha...??? >>> >>> >>> Ref: >>> http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=1916&cat=1 >>> >>> >>> >>> Habit:Armed tree >>> >>> >>> >>> Habitat:Dry deciduous forest >>> >>> >>> >>> Sighting:Devarayanadurga,Tumkur,Karnataka,about 800 msl >>> >>> >>> >>> Date:29-06-2015 >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks and regards >>> >>> tspkumar >>> >>> Deputy Conservator of Forests >>> >>> Working Plan >>> >>> Chikmagalur >>> >>> Ph:988057158 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *“We have not inherited this planet from our forefathers, we have >>> borrowed it from our children”-An American proverb* >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://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> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). >>> >>> 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). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
