Nice set of pics Gurcharan Singh ji. Regards Prashant On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nice and Complete Set Sir > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Leucaena leucocephala* (Lam.) de Wit, Taxon 10:54. 1961 >> syn: *Mimosa leucocephala* Lam. ; *Acacia glauca* Willd. >> >> Common names: horse tamarind, coffeebush, ipil-ipil, jumbie-bean, >> leucaena, vi-vi, white popinac >> >> Unarmed evergreen tree with slightly fissured grayish-brown bark; leaves >> bipinnate, rachis ending in a soft bristle; pinnae 4-9 pairs; leaflets >> 11-18 pairs, 10-14 mm long, linear-oblong, oblique; flowers white in >> globose 15-22 mm across heads on up to 4 cm long peduncles; calyx 2-4 mm >> long; petals free, 10-12 mm long; pod flat, 13-22 cm long, 16-20 mm broad, >> 15-24 seeded. >> >> Very common in Delhi along roadsides and private houses, a fast growing >> tree. Photographed from Vikas Puri 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 >
