Yes Garg ji, Now Vachellia horrida (L.) Kyal. & Boatwr. Images are good.
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 5:16 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Lalithamba ji. > Now called Vachellia horrida > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/fabaceae/vachellia/acacia-horrida> > > On 27 August 2016 at 17:08, Lalithamba Avadhanam <alalitha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Plant name: Acacia horrida (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 1082. 1806. >> Ver.names: Cape Gum, Karroo Bush, Dev-Babul (Eng.); Pakitumma పాకీ >> తుమ్మ(Tel.). >> Family: Fabaceae >> Description: >> Deciduous shrubs; 2-4 m tall. Leaves bipinnate-compound, 2-4 cm long, >> pinnae2-6 pairs, leaflets 6-10 pairs, each 3-4 × 1-2mm, elliptic, obtuse; a >> small gland on the primary rachis in between base and first pair of pinnae; >> a pair of white stipular thorns on either side of the leaf base, spines >> hollow, 2-8 cm long, base 0.5-0.8cm in diam.. Flowers 2-3 mm, creamy white, >> on 2-3cm long axillary pedunculate fasciculate spikes. Calyx 2 mm; lobes >> ovate, apex acute. Corolla creamy white, 2-3 mm; lobes ovate-elliptic. >> Stamens many, free, exerted. Ovary glabrous, few ovuled; style as long as >> stamens. Pods 2-3 × 1cm, reniform, blackish brown with 2-4 seeds. >> Habitat & location: Common in scrub jungles.During the summer the plant >> is naked with sharp long spines only. >> Uses: The leaves are used as forage; the spines are used to make >> necklaces by tribals. Dried stems are used as fuel. >> Thank you >> Regards >> A.Lalithamba >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
