Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week :: Leucaena leucocephala in and around Thane

[Dinesh Valke]

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

• loo-KAY-nuh -- from the Greek leukos (white), referring to the flower color
  loo-koh-SEF-uh-lah -- white head

Jan 6, 2007 ... avenue tree in Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: horse tamarind, lead tree, white popinac, wild tamarind • Bengali: subabul • Gujarati: લીસો બાવળ liso baval, સુબાવળ subaval • Hindi: सफ़ैद बबूल safed babool • Malayalam: ഇപ്പില്‍ ഇപ്പില്‍ ippil ippil, സുബാബുല്‍ subaabul • Marathi: सुबाभळ subabul • Oriya: rossokodombo • Tamil: பெரியதகரை periya-takarai, பெருந்தகரை peru-n-takarai

Native to: Caribbean Islands, from southern Mexico to northern South America; cultivated elsewhere

References: Flowers of India • Gardentia • Top Tropicals


more views:

• Jan 6, 2007 ... avenue tree in Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Dec 15, 2007 ... avenue tree in Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Dec 16, 2007 ... planted in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai
  
• Dec 20, 2009 ... at a resort garden in Jawahar, Maharashtra
  
• May 22, 2010 ... avenue tree on Eastern Espress Highway near Mulund toll post, Mumbai
  

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Again Superb images

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

Very good set of Photographs

Thanks Dinesh ji for sharing.

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[prasad dash]

great set of images again Dinesh Sir

Regards

Prasad

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Prasad Kumar Dash
Ecologist, Orissa, India
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