Simply awesome close up of the flowers Sir Ji. Again another complete set of pictures. This is a very common plant in Odisha. But i dont have a close up of the flower. thanks for sharing
Regards prasad On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Albizia lebbeck* (L.) Benth. in Hook., Lond. J. Bot. 1844. > syn: *Acacia lebbek* (L.) Willd.; *Mimosa lebbeck* L. > > Common names: Broome raintree, East Indian-walnut, frywood, Indian siris, > koko, lebbektree powderpuff-tree, women's-tongue-tree > > Deciduous tree with cracked gray bark; leaves bipinnate, with large gland > above base of petiole; pinnae 1-4 pairs; leaflets 3-9 pairs, elliptic or > obliquely oblong, 3-5 cm long; flowers creamish-white, in heads on up to 10 > cm long peduncles; calyx 3-4 mm long; corolla 6-8 mm long; filaments > yellowish-green, tube shorter than corolla tube; pod up to 30 cm long, 3-5 > cm brad, flat, pale-straw coloured, 7-12 seeded. > > Commonly planted in Parks and roadsides in Delhi, flowering in April-May. > > > -- > 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
