Thanks for Sharing Sir New for me On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Cercis siliquastrum Linn., Sp. Pl. 374. 1753. > > Common names: Judas tree, lovetree > > Deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 10 m tall with simple reniform up to 12 > cm long leaves, often broader than long, 7-nerved at the base; flowers in > clusters from old branches, rose-purple; pod up 10 cm long, flat. > > Very ornamental tree often trained to retain old branches on which flowers > often appear like a garland or flowering twiner. Leaves nearly orbicular, up > to 12 cm across, deeply cordate, obtuse or emarginate at apex; flowers > purplish-rose, in clusters from old branches; pod flat, narrowly winged > along lower edge, up to 10 cm long > > Commonly grown in gardens in Kashmir, photographed from Cheshmashahi. > > -- > 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
