Awesome catch Nidhan Sir. Regards
Prasad On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > The staminal tube with teeth looks awesome. > Very Good. > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> This one *Melia azedarach** Linn., Sp. Pl. 384; *commonly called Dhrek, >> Bakain, Dek, is a medium-sized to large tree, with dark grey bark. Leaves >> 20-40 cm, 2- or 3-pinnate. Pinnae nearly opposite. Leaflets 3-11, ovate or >> lanceolate, serrate or entire, acuminate with more or less oblique base. >> Flowers honey-scented, in long, peduncled, axillary panicles. Calyx deeply >> 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate-oblong. Petals linear spathulate, minutely hairy. >> Staminal tube purple with 20-30 linear teeth, anthers at the mouth of the >> tube, sessile, apiculate. Ovary 5-celled. Drupes globose, more or less dry, >> yellow and wrinkled when ripe. >> >> Was shot from Singhpura Khera, Kaithal-Haryana in March 2011. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> >> > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Odisha, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241

