Very good illustration. 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 > -- Dr Satish Phadke
