Nice upload and thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for giving the differences between M. himalayana and M. hamata. Regards Prashant
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Lovely Shots Sir. This plant is very photogenic > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Mimosa himalayana* Gamble in Kew Bull. 1920: 4. 1920. >> syn: *Mimosa* *rubricaulis* sensu auct.; *Mimosa* *rubricaulis* subsp. * >> himalayana* (Gamble) H.Ohashi >> >> A large deciduous shrub with ribbed densely hairy branches with straight >> or hooked up to 4 mm long prickles; leaf bippinate with up to 25 cm long >> rachis; pinnae 5-12 pairs, leaflets (pinnules) 6-15 pairs, 3-8 mm long; >> flowers pink fading to white in 12-15 mm across heads on up to 6 cm long >> peduncle, forming panicle; pod up to 10 cm long, 4-10 jointed, glabrous, >> with few prickles on sutures. >> >> May be confused but easily differentiated from M. hamata, latter has >> shorter rachis (up to 5 cm long), few pairs of pinnae (3-6 pairs), fewer >> leaflets (6-10 pairs), smaller in size (2-3 mm long) in; shorter peduncle >> (2-3.5 cm) and shorter falcate pod (6-7 cm), velvety and densely prickly on >> sutures. >> >> Photographed from Near Nagrota (10 km from Jammu) in J & K in August >> >> -- >> 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 >
