Beautiful photographs. I think 3rd and 4th photographs are showing Insect gals. Regards Prashant
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
