Good picture of the seedpods; many thanks Gurcharan ji. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Complete Set Sir with Fruits!!!!! > > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Superb Catch Sir Ji >> >> Regards >> >> rasad >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Acacia auriculiformis* A. Cunn. ex Benth., London J. Bot. 1:377. 1842 >>> syn: *Racosperma auriculiforme* (A. Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley >>> >>> Common names: black wattle, Darwin black wattle, ear-leaf acacia, ear-pod >>> wattle, northern black wattle >>> >>> An interesting evergreen tree with leaf petiole modified into leaf-like >>> structure (phyllode); bark smooth, gray-whitephyllode oblong-curved, up to >>> 20 cm long, 2-4 cm broad with 4-6 subparallel main veins; flowers >>> orange-yellow, in axillary or terminal up to 8 cm long spikes; calyx >>> shallowly dentate; petals 2 mm long, oblong; ovary densely puberulent; pod >>> spirally twisted, 5-8 cm long, seeds black, 4-5 mm long. >>> >>> Photographed from Vikas Puri, New Delhi, flowering in October-November, >>> pods maturing 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 >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
