Thank you Gurcharanji and Shrikant for the name and explanation... now its a little more clear... Usha di
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:44 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Usha di, > > Wish you a happy Hindu New Year. Thank you very much for your curiosities, > hope I satisfy them at least partially. > > This is my first attempt to handle the new format yet I believe that my > post carries the name Acacia auriculiformis. Ironically the post itself > became more intriguing than the leaves. Earleaf Acacia and Australian > Acacia are more names to help you navigate with Google. Pardon me for > defficient and confusing information. I am attaching another image to help > you ID this invasive tree that has reached most of our wild habitats. > > I am also a pitiable non botanist like most of us. Please excuse me to > have narrated in a style that disguises me to be a card carrying botanist. > I take privilege of passing the batton of your queries to a person who > carries the necessary stars and shoulder pips.With regards.Shrikant > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:02:53 PM UTC+5:30, Ushadi wrote: > >> BUT I am still ignorant of the tree's ID and >> what happens when that flat "leaf " falls off, does it mean that the >> small leaves on its apex fall off too? >> so some leaves have pinnae and some donot? as in this pic... >> >> if I knew the name , I could google it... >> then I would not have to bother you... >> >> but all this discussion without a name, assumes that most of the 1900 >> members are all botanists... REMEMBER ONLY A HANDFUL ARE CARD CARRYING >> BOTANISTS>> THE REST OF US are NON BOTANISTS.... so please take pity on >> us .... >> >> thanks >> Usha di >> ==== >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> -- Usha di ===========
