Amazing Shots Raman Ji On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:29 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
