Superb close up of the flowers Sir Ji. Another great photography.
Regards prasad On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Acacia farnesiana* (Linn.) Willd., Sp.Pl. 4:1083. 1806. > syn: *Mimosa* *farnesiana* Linn. > > Common names: cassie, fragrant acacia, Popinac, ironwood, mimosa-bush, > opopanax, prickly mimosa-bush, prickly moses, prickly-mimosa, scented > wattle sweet acacia, sweet wattle, West Indian Blackthorn, sponge tree > Hindi: Vilayati Kikar, Vilayati Babul; Gu-Kikar > > Much-branched shrub or small tree with zig-zag branches with pale brown > dots; stipulat spines straight, up to 16 mm long; petiole with small gland > near middle; pinnae 3-7 pairs, leaflets 12-20 pairs, linear-oblong, 3-5 mm > long; flowers yellow, fragrant, in 1.5 cm across, globose heads occurring > 1-3 together; corolla 2.5 mm long, 5-toothed; pod 5-8 cm long, tirgid, > straight or slightly curved, brown; seeds numerous, up to 6 mm long. > > Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi flowering in > February-March, fruits in April-May > > > -- > 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/ > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
