Another great series of images Nidhan Sir Regards
prasad On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this tree. It is called as "Shami" tree in Marathi. It > has historical importance. > Pandavas hid their weapons in a hole of this tree before entering the "* > Adnyatwas*" > If anybody from Pune knows any location of Shami tree in Pune I am > interested in observing it. > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> This one is Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce, popular as "Jandi", >> "Khejri", shot from near IOCL Refinery, Panipat. >> Very important species of the arid zones, known as wonder tree, "kalp >> taru" or golden tree of Indian deserts. Played key role in >> socio-economic development of the arid regions. It is also worshipped >> by many people. It is drought resistant, requires minimal amount of >> water. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
