Wow, this is too good. Regards Prashant On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> We call this as Pahari Kikar and it is a belief that children who eat > fruits of this tree may become mad!!!! fruits although tasty > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Superb catch Gurcharan ji. liked the long inflorescence and also the >> curved pods >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Prosopis juliflora* (Swartz) DC., Prodr. 2:447. 1825 >>> syn: *Mimosa* *juliflora* Swartz >>> >>> Common names: algaroba-bean, ironwood >>> >>> Shrub or tree with stipular spines up to 1 cm long; leaves bipinnate; >>> pinnae 1-3 pairs, rachis prolonged beyond last pair in a soft bristle; >>> leaflets 10-20 pais, 8-16 mm long, oblong, obtuse; flowers greenish-yellow >>> in up to 10 cm long spikes; calyx 5-toothed; petals 3 mm long; stamens 10, >>> free, exserted, 3.5-4 mm long, anthers with glands; pod up to 25 cm long, >>> 10-12 mm broad, straight or curved, light yellow. up to 20 seeded. >>> >>> -- >>> 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.Bhagyashri Ranade >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
