Good catch Raman Ji. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:09 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cutch tree is a small tree, growing 3-15 m high. The stem is dark brown to > black, with rough bark which peels off in long strips in mature trees; > young trees have corky bark. The fern-like leaves are 100-200 mm long and > contain between 8 and 30 pairs of small leaves made up of numerous, oblong > pairs of secondary leaflets 2-6 mm long. Glands occur on the stem below the > first pair of leaves, and between the uppermost six pairs of leaves. Pairs > of stout thorns up to 10 mm long are found at the base of each leaf. The > flowers are white or pale yellow, about 3 mm long and bunched tightly > together to form a cylindrical flower spike, 35-75 mm long, resembling a > lamb's tail. The brown, beaked seed pods are 50-125 mm long on a short > stalk and contain between four and seven seeds, which are dark brown, flat > and 5-8 mm in diameter. The taproot branches to 2 m depth > > Raman > -- B. Rathinasabapathy Project Co-ordinator Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park 1388, Avinashi Road Peelamedu Coimbatore-641004 <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml>
