Very nice.. when does it flower in delhi... jerusalem thorn... so where are the thirns and how big? Usha di ========
On Dec 9, 10:03 am, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Great catch Sir ji > tanay > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:52 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:*http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
