great photos,, On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > *Parkinsonia aculeata* Linn., Sp. Pl. 375. 1753. > > Common names: Barbados flowerfence, horse-bean, Jerusalem-thorn, Mexican > paloverde, retaima > > Small armed tree; leaves pinnate with 2-6 pinnae, each up to 30 cm long > with flattened rachis and with up to 30 pairs of hardly 4-5 mm long > leaflets which fall off in dry spell and flattened rachis (phyllode) > functioning as leaf; flowers yellow, in axillary racemes; petals 15-18 mm > long, crumpled in bud; stamens 10; pod linear, up to 10 cm long. > > Commonly planted in Delhi along roadsides, Photographed from Delhi > University campus > -- > 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/ > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
