Excellent shots with clear information. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Bauhinia roxburghiana* Voigt, Hort. suburb. Calcutt. 254. 1845 > syn: *Bauhinia retusa* Roxb., *Bauhinia semla* Wunderlin; *Lasiobema* * > retusa* (Roxb.) de Wit; *Phanera* *retusa* (Roxb.) Benth. > > Common names: > Hindi: Semla > Tel: Nerpa > Punj: Kural > > Medium sized tree with leaves slightly broader than long, 9-15 cm long, > apex entire or notched, subcoriaceous; petiole 5-9 cm long, thickened at > both ends; flowers small, barely 2.5 cm across, in lax terminal panicle; > pedicel 1.5-2 cm long, calyx 5-7 mm long, pubecent, split almost to base; > petals 11-14 mm long, obovate, upper 3 light yellow with purple spots on > the limb, lower 2 without spots; stamens 3; pod 10-16 cm long, 3-4 cm wide. > > A rare tree, isolated trees planted in different places. Photographed from > Delhi Unversity, near VC's Office in November. > > More Common in UP and Bengal. Yeilds gum known as Semla gond, ued for > sizing cloth and paper. > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
