Dear sir, At the outset the set of photographs are very beautiful. A.mearnsii is cultivated on large scale as a plantation crop in Ooty ( 5000 ft) for commercial purpose for extracting the tannins known as wattle extract (tanners' gold) from the bark for tanning hides and skins. Wattle extracting factory is located on the foot hills of Ooty in Mettupalayam town. I have worked on the photochemical aspects of the bark/extract etc. long back. I am unable to locate the old printed photographs. At that time the digital photography was non- existent in India. The tree looks like one. Nevertheless, Mr. B. Sabapathi ji, our group member from Coimbatore may be able to throw more light on this species now. Regards, M.Swamy
On Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:24:33 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh 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/ > >
