Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week: Adenanthera microsperma from Delhi

[Gurcharan Singh]

Adenanthera microsperma Teijsm & Binn.,  Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië. 27: 58. 1864. 

Syn: A. pavonina var. microsperma (Teijsm. & Binn.) I. C. Nielsen 

Deciduous tree with bipinnate leaves; pinnae 3-5 pairs; leaflets 4-7 pairs oblong or ovate, 25-35 mm long; flowers white or yellowish, fragrant, in spike-like racemes, distinctly pedicellate; petals oblong, 3-4 mm long; pod curved, becoming coiled after dehiscence, up to 20 cm long; seeds scarlet, ellipsoidal, 5-8 mm long.

A few trees in DU campus, flowering in July-August, a few flushes in April-May

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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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[prasad dash]

Great shot Sir Ji, especially the flowers and the leaflets are superb.

Regards

Prasad

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Prasad Kumar Dash
Ecologist, Orissa, India
email: prasad....@gmail.com
ph. 09437444241

[amit kumar]

nice pics sir

commanly known as Rakt chandan

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Amit Kumar
Research Scholar
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
P.O. Box # 18, Chandrabani
Dehradun - 248 001. India
Mob.-9410592063

[Neha Singh]

Cool shots Sir.New sp. for me.
Thanks for showing us.

[Balkar Singh]

Again a new plant for me

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Neha Singh <neha.v...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cool shots Sir.New sp. for me.
Thanks for showing us.

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Dinesh Valke]

Another new plant of Adenanthera for me.
Many thanks Gurcharan ji.
Regards.
Dinesh