Very much native. Occasional in Western ghats. On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>wrote:
> very nice to see it here... > is it native or planted.. > usha di > ========= > > On Jan 5, 12:49 pm, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice set of photographs Gurcharan Singh ji. Clear and sharp pics.. > > Regards > > Prashant > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Nice shot Sir ji, the flowers are so unique in morphology!! > > > tanay > > > > > On 4 January 2012 22:05, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 271. > > >> 1834 > > >> syn: *Cailliea dichrostachys* Guill. & Perr.; *Mimosa cinerea* L.; * > > >> Dichrostachys* *nutans* (Pers.) Benth. > > > > >> Common name: marabou-thorn > > > > >> Shrub or small tree; leaves bipinnate with glands on rachis between > > >> pinnae, pinnae 4-18 pairs; leaflets 8-20 pairs, 2-6 mm long, margin > hairy; > > >> flowers in spikes with lower flowers pink and sterile, upper yellow > and > > >> fertile; pod coiled, up to 10 cm long. > > > > >> Commonly planted in Delhi. Photographed from Punjabi Bagh. > > > > >> -- > > >> 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/ > > > > > -- > > > *Tanay Bose* > > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > > Department of Botany. > > > University of British Columbia . > > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > > [email protected] > > > *Webpages:* > > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > -- Dr Satish Phadke

