Shrikant ji This is what we have been teaching our students. Thanks for capturing it at the right stage and showing us.
-- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:20 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected] > wrote: > This common exotic tree is seen with only falcategreen veinless phyllodes > whichdisguise like simple leaves. Like most Acacias this should havebeen > havingbi-pinnate leaves. Interestingly this Acacia too has bipinnate leaves > but they are seen only in sapling stage. Pinnae2, 2-5 cm, deciduous; > leafletsopposite, 6-10, sessile, oblong, 5-8 mm; petiole 5-8 mm, modifying > and elongating to a phyllode 10-15 cm long. Scar of fallen pinnae can be > seen at the rounded apex of the phyllode. Regards, Shrikant Ingalhalikar >
