Nice photographs Nidhan ji
-- 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 Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All, > > This is* Aegle marmelos **(Linn.) Correa., Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 5: > 223, 1800*; Collett, Fl. Simlensis 80; *Crataeva marmelos *Linn., Sp. > Pl. 444. > > *Vern. *Bel, Bill, Bael Pattar. > > A small or medium-sized glabrous, deciduous tree, upto 10 m high with > corky grey bark having longitudinal wrinkles and sharp, hard, straight, > axillary spines 2-3 cm or more long. Branches ascending. Leaves alternate, > 3-foliolate, with a resinous odour. Leaflets ovate or linear-lanceolate, > rhomboid, acuminate, crenate-serrate, gland-dotted, 5-10 x 3-6 cm, apex > acute, oblique or rounded. Flowers in panicles, greenish-white, > sweet-scented. Calyx small, deciduous. Petals 4-5, imbricate, oblong, > gland-dotted. Stamens* *numerous. Ovary 8-20 celled. Fruit a drupe, 5-15 > cm in diameter, with a smooth, grey or yellow woody shell and a sweet pulp. > Shot in June 2011 from Shukartaal, a town in U.P. Though I could not get > any fruit picture at that time. > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > >
