Another new for me, thanks for sharing.
-- 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/ On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:04 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rusty Acacia is normally a smallish, drought-resistant, deciduous tree, > not more than 12 m tall. It commonly has a bole rarely straight for more > then 2-3 m. Branches are slender, armed with conical prickles; spine > persist on trunk until it reaches about 15 cm. Twigs are zigzag at nodes, > wiry, hairless, green or reddish. Primary roots are long, thin, tapering, > wiry, yellow to brown. Leaves are alternately arranged, double-compound. > prickles twin, infra-stipular, slightly curved. Common petiole 7-15 cm > long; sidestalks are 4-6 pairs, leaflets 15-30 pairs, grey to glacuous > (almost white when dry), linear, 0.6-1.25 cm long. Flowers are pale yellow > in numerous lax axillary spikes about 14 cm long, which are often panicled > at the end of the branches. Pods are smooth, 7-18 x 2-2.5 cm, contain a dry > sweetish pulp, dark brown and pinnately splitting, 3-7 seeded. Seeds are > 0.5-0.7 x 0.35-0.5 cm, flat ovate, oblong, distinctly stalked, and this is > a diagnostic feature, greenish to brown > Raman >
