Superb catch again Sir Ji. Regards
prasad On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Acacia senegal* (Linn.) Willd., Sp.Pl. 4:1077. 1806. > syn: *Mimosa* *senegal* Linn. > > Common names: gum-arabic-tree, kher, Senegal-gum, Sudan gum-arabic, > three-thorn > acacia > > Small tree with swollen nodes; stipular spines three, two side ones > straight or curved upwards, middle one recurved up to 5 mm long; leaves > with 3-5 pairs of pinnae, opposite or alternate, with glands between > lowermost and uppermost pair; leaflets 9-16 pairs, 3-5 mm long, linear; > flowers cream coloured in axillary 5-10 cm long spikes; corolla 4 mm long; > pod oblong flat, up to 8 cm long, 2-2.5 cm broad, thin, flat, with slightly > curved beak, 5-6 seeded. > > Commonly grown on old Delhi Ridge, flowering from May-August > -- > 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
