Gurcharan ji ... to me does look like Acacia mearnsii (my sightings at Shimla and Ooty<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Acaciamearnsii&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags> ) Let us also wait for more validating comment(s).
Description (from PIER<http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/acacia_mearnsii.htm>): "Unarmed, evergreen tree 5-10 (-15) m high; branchlets shallowly ridged; all parts finely hairy; growth tips golden-hairy. Leaves: Dark olive-green, finely hairy, bipinnate; leaflets short (1.5-4 mm) and crowded; raised glands occur at and between the junctions of pinnae pairs. Flowers: Pale yellow or cream, globular flowerheads in large, fragrant sprays. Fruits: Dark brown pods, finely hairy, usually markedly constricted" (Henderson, 1995; p. 55). Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Acacia mearnsii* De Wildeman, Pl. Bequaert. 3: 62. 1925. > > Medium sized tree with slightly angular stems; leaves gray-pubescent, > bipinnate with 6-30 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 10-60 pairs usually shorter > than 5 mm and less than 1 mm braod; flowers white in globose heads, 6-9 mm > acoss, arranged in large terminal panicles; pod 5-10 cm long, slightly > constricted between seeds. > > Commonly planted along roadsides in Almora, Ranikhet and Chakauri in April > > Please validate the identification. > > -- > 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/ > >
