Thanks for showing the true Laburnum. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for shaowing this plant. > Regards > Prashant > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> When ever the name Laburnum is mentioned we are reminded of Cassia >> fistula, The Indian Laburnum, so common in hotter parts of India. Here is >> the true Laburnum, easily separated by short stature, its trifoliate leaves >> and more or less white hairy pods especially when young. >> * >> * >> *Laburnum anagyroides* Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. >> 2:363. 1787 >> Syn: *Cytisus laburnum* L.; *Laburnum vulgare* J. Presl >> >> Common names: common laburnum, golden-chain, golden-chaintree, laburnum, >> peatree >> >> Deciduous tree, rarely more than 6 m tall; leaves trifoliate with >> elliptic-lanceolate or obovate leaflets, up to 7 cm long; petiole up to 6 >> cm long, stipules small; flowers yellow in a pendulous raceme up to 35 cm >> long; calyx hardly 5 mm long, slightly bilipped; corolla up to 3 cm long, >> standard nearly rounded, keel shorter; stamens 10, monodelphous; pod up to >> 8 cm long, white hairy especially when young, sutures slightly winged. >> >> Profusely flowering these days in Kashmir valley, especially in Gardens >> in Srinagar. Photographed from Hazuri Bagh (now Iqbal Garden) in Srinagar, >> Kashmir. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > -- Dr Satish Phadke
