Mahogany's of Bangalore - RA - Khaya senegalensis - African Mahogany Tree

[raman]

African Mahogany is a majestic, tall tree, native to Africa. It is a tree with shining leaves, up to 100 ft tall, with wide dense crown and thick trunk. Leaves are compound, with leaflets usually drying pale glaucous green, 3-4 pairs, oblong or oblong-elliptic, more than twice as long as broad, rounded or blunt or sometimes pointed at the tip, 6-12 cm long, 2-5 cm broad. Flowers are normally have parts in fours. Sepals are pale green, petals and staminal tube are cream colored, the latter pinkish below. Fruit is normally 4-valved, 4-6 cm in diameter.

Raman

[raman]

Raman

[Balkar Singh]

Beautiful Shots Raman Ji 

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:50 PM, raman <raman_ar...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Raman

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Regards

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

[Satish Phadke]

Very nice series of photographs Raman ji.

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Dr Satish Phadke

[raman]

It was spectacular to look when the new leaves came. 

Raman