Good Shots Sir On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Cassia fistula L., Sp. pl. 1:377. 1753 > > Common names: golden shower, Indian-laburnum, purging cassia > Hindi: Amaltas, girimalah > Beng: Sundali, amultas > Mar: Bahava > Guj: Garmala > Tam: Konei > Tel: Rela > Kan: Kakke > > Deciduous tree reaching 10 m; leaves large, pinnate with 4-8 pairs of up to > 15 cm long ovate leaflets; flowers yellow, appearing before leaves, in > pendent 30-50 cm racemes; bracts minute, caducous; fruit cylindrical up to > 30 cm long, hanging. > > Photographed from Ashok Vihar and Vikas Puri in Delhi > > > > -- > 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/ >
-- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
