Sir all your observations are heading towards A. odoratissima. There was an error in my write up. Instead of putting it as 13 pairs of leaflet, i wrote it as 26 pairs (the number of leaflets which is well counted from the image, but wrongly described by me in haste (hence a typing error). Thanks for the detailed description between the two.
Regards prasad On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Ushadi > The two genera are differentiated on the basis of flowers being in spikes > in Falcataria and small heads in Albizia, although spikes are not generally > clear in photographs. > > Major differences are > > Albizia odoratissima > Falcataria molluccana > > Pinnae 2-4 pairs > Pinnae 6-20 pairs > Leaflets 6-14 pairs, 20-30 mm long Leaflets > 6-26 pairs, 10-15 mm long > Flowers in heads > Flowers in spikes > Stamens 15 mm long Stamens > 10 mm long > > In the last photograph three pairs of pinnae are clearly seen. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Confused! >> usha di >> = >> >> On Jan 3, 9:44 am, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I am also agreed with Vijaya Ji's ID. This might be Albizia >> odoratissima. >> > >> > WHY: The bark looks grey in images provided here, Leaflets, up to 26 >> pairs, >> > seesile to subsessile, narrowly oblong, Flowers sessile, corolla white, >> > pods purplish green to brown, seeds (looks 10-12). >> > >> > Hence A.odoratissima. >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > prasad >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:53 AM, raman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > I looked at the descriptions in Pradip Krishen's book and decided it >> as >> > > Molucca Albizia >> > >> > > Now looking at your link, I am confused a bit. Let me investigate >> further. >> > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Raman >> > >> > -- >> > Prasad Kumar Dash >> > Ecologist, Orissa, India >> > email: [email protected] >> > ph. 09437444241 > > > > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
