Dear All:

Could this be an important ayurvedic plant called    akantaka ..
  also known as   Balanites aegyptiaca      ???



the leaves and arrangement of the thorns remind me of this originally
african plant...

Usha di



On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Sonia Chauhan <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Please help to identify this shrub growing wild in a dry region (Baroda).
> The stem is green and covered with fine, smooth white hair. Leaves are in
> pairs of two placed right below the spine. Leaf size 1.5 - 2 cms. Spines
> much longer and diverging in different directions.
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> Regards,
>
> Sonia Chauhan
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