Thanks, Lalithamba ji. Now called Vachellia horrida <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/fabaceae/vachellia/acacia-horrida>
On 27 August 2016 at 17:08, Lalithamba Avadhanam <alalitha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Plant name: Acacia horrida (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 1082. 1806. > Ver.names: Cape Gum, Karroo Bush, Dev-Babul (Eng.); Pakitumma పాకీ > తుమ్మ(Tel.). > Family: Fabaceae > Description: > Deciduous shrubs; 2-4 m tall. Leaves bipinnate-compound, 2-4 cm long, > pinnae2-6 pairs, leaflets 6-10 pairs, each 3-4 × 1-2mm, elliptic, obtuse; a > small gland on the primary rachis in between base and first pair of pinnae; > a pair of white stipular thorns on either side of the leaf base, spines > hollow, 2-8 cm long, base 0.5-0.8cm in diam.. Flowers 2-3 mm, creamy white, > on 2-3cm long axillary pedunculate fasciculate spikes. Calyx 2 mm; lobes > ovate, apex acute. Corolla creamy white, 2-3 mm; lobes ovate-elliptic. > Stamens many, free, exerted. Ovary glabrous, few ovuled; style as long as > stamens. Pods 2-3 × 1cm, reniform, blackish brown with 2-4 seeds. > Habitat & location: Common in scrub jungles.During the summer the plant is > naked with sharp long spines only. > Uses: The leaves are used as forage; the spines are used to make necklaces > by tribals. Dried stems are used as fuel. > Thank you > Regards > A.Lalithamba > > -- > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
