Very nice set again Raman Ji. Especially the pods look superb in your lens.
Regards Prasad On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:02 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > Red Sandalwood is a timber tree. This plant is found in the wild in India. > Leaves are compound bipinnate, green when young, turning yellow when old. > The small, yellowish flower grows in dense drooping rat-tail flower heads, > almost like cat-tail flower-heads. Fruits are curved, hanging, green pods > that turn brown, coil up and split open as they ripen to reveal small > bright red seeds.These attractive seeds have been used as beads in > jewellery, leis and rosaries. They were also used in ancient India for > weighing gold. The seeds are curiously similar in weight. Four seeds make > up about one gramme. Children love the hard red seeds and few can resist > collecting the brightly coloured seeds usually littered under the tree. The > young leaves can be cooked and eaten. the wood is extremely hard and used > in boat-building and making furniture > > Raman > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
