I saw these around Bolpur one winter.. had fruits green though so no seeds were collected or photographed nice write up and pics , surajit usha di
== On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:20 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Sir, > > Identification is tricky when one finds an unknown plant without its > flowers or fruits. After searching for quite sometimes, i think, i finally > come closer to its ID. > > Species : *Caesalpinia bonduc* (L.) > Roxb.<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?50012> > ? > Bengali name : NATA (assuming the ID is correct) > Habit & Habitat : wild shrub (?) in a low wasteland at village outskirts, > about 5 feet, highly prickly, i am sorry for failing to provide further > details, for i thought it would be easy to ID this unique plant > Date : 18/8/12, 3.42 P.M. > Place : Khanpur (Hooghly - Howrah border) > sites visited : > > 1. description - > > http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Caesalpinia,bonduc&p=Caesalpinia+bonduc > 2. flora of Pakistan - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200011969 > 3. flora of China - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011969 > 4. synonyms - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-927 > 5. a picture similar to this post - > http://hpb.narod.ru/adyar/caesalpinia_bonduc-leaf-thorns.jpg > 6. another pic - > > http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/generalbotany/plantarmature/a0604tx.html > 7. yet another - http://www.flickr.com/photos/55059208@N07/6352738471/ > 8. group post by Dinesh Ji - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/YomtlcG0Bls/discussion > 9. insect info - > http://www.nbaii.res.in/Pestsofcrops/Chrysocoris-stolli.html > 10. insect pics - > http://indianaturewatch.net/view_cat.php?tag=Chrysocoris%20stolli > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
