sirji very good information and good photograph too, but some common names are confusing to me..
regards, On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:31 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
