Wonderful set of pictures, Gurcharan ji, many thanks. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:14 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > Superb close up of the flowers Sir Ji. Another great photography. > > > > Regards > > prasad > > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Acacia farnesiana* (Linn.) Willd., Sp.Pl. 4:1083. 1806. >> syn: *Mimosa* *farnesiana* Linn. >> >> Common names: cassie, fragrant acacia, Popinac, ironwood, mimosa-bush, >> opopanax, prickly mimosa-bush, prickly moses, prickly-mimosa, scented >> wattle sweet acacia, sweet wattle, West Indian Blackthorn, sponge tree >> Hindi: Vilayati Kikar, Vilayati Babul; Gu-Kikar >> >> Much-branched shrub or small tree with zig-zag branches with pale brown >> dots; stipulat spines straight, up to 16 mm long; petiole with small gland >> near middle; pinnae 3-7 pairs, leaflets 12-20 pairs, linear-oblong, 3-5 mm >> long; flowers yellow, fragrant, in 1.5 cm across, globose heads occurring >> 1-3 together; corolla 2.5 mm long, 5-toothed; pod 5-8 cm long, tirgid, >> straight or slightly curved, brown; seeds numerous, up to 6 mm long. >> >> Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi flowering in >> February-March, fruits 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 >
