Nice Sir, there are a few trees of this sp in my way to home, but by chance i could shot them in flowering!!!
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Pithecellobium dulce* (Roxb.) Benth., London J. Bot. 3:199. 1844 > syn: *Inga dulcis* (Roxb.) Willd.; *Mimosa dulcis* Roxb. > > Common Names: blackbead, camachile, guayamochil, Madras-thorn, > Manila-tamarind, sweet-inga > > Evergreen tree with stipular spines; leaves bipinnate; pinnae one pair; > leaflets 1 pair, elliptic-oblong, oblique, 2-5 cm long; glands present at > the junction of pinnae and leaflets; flowers greenish-white in globose > heads aggregated in panicles; calyx 1 mm long; corolla 3-4 mm long; stamens > exserted; pod 10-13 cm long, twisted and turgid, 5-9 seeded, with pink or > white pulp. > > Very commonly planted in Delhi along roadsides. Photographed from Delhi > Ridge. > -- > 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
