Galls are looking beautiful!!!!! But destroying trees On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Prosopis cineraria* (Linn.) Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Club. Brit. Isles. > 1913 > syn: *Mimosa* *cineraria* Linn.; *Prosopis* *spicigera* Linn. > > Common names: *ghaf* > Hindi:* **janum-chettu, khejri, jand, kandi* > * > * > *Tree with curved prickles on branches; leaves bipinnate; pinnae 1-2 > pairs; leaflets 7-12 pairs, 3-5 mm long, oblong, oblique; flowers > creamy-white in pedunculate spike 5-12 cm long; calyx truncate or obscurely > 5-lobed; petals -4 mm long, oblong with recurved tips; stamens 10, anthers > with glands; pod 14-25 cm long, slender, drooping, cylindrical, 10-15 > seeded.* > * > * > *It is common to see insect galls hanging from the branches. * > * > * > *Often planted on roadsides and parks. Photographed from Vikas Puri, New > Delhi.* > * > * > * > * > * > * > > > -- > 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
