Nice to see flowers Sir we could not get that during Hisar visit On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:23 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
