Yes Balanites aegyptiaca On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:07 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote:
> Sonia and Dinesh > thanks for validating an old memory > > I think it should flower in dec--january //winter?? may be > Sonia could you keep an eye on it and take pictures? of seed as they > develop/pl/? > thanks > usha di > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice clear photos and good photoset, Sonia ji. >> Thanks Usha di for this ID. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Sonia Chauhan >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thank you Usha di for the quick identification. It is indeed Balanites >>> aegyptiaca. Thanks again. >>> >>> On 23 September 2012 13:27, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > 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. >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Regards, >>> >> >>> >> Sonia Chauhan >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Usha di >>> > =========== >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonia Chauhan >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 --
