Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

Sending photos of Capparis decidua tree.

Place : Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

 Name :   Hindi - Khair

Date  : 20.12.10

Habitat : Wild

Others : Fruits are relished by bulbuls and other birds.  Seen butterflies hovering around the fruits and flowers.

Regards,

Mani.

[Gurcharan Singh]

First photograph is interesting. Never seen it as a tree.

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[tanay bose]

This very common shrubby plant but as Sir Ji said never seen this plant growing as a tree

tanay

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Grows very frequently as tree, infact one of the dominant trees in
savannah of Sariska Tiger Reserve.
Pankaj

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[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Was recently birdwatching at Tal Chapar WLS, Rajasthan. Capparis decidua frequently grows as a tree there. Sending a few photographs.                         With regards,                           Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 12/15/10, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Rohit Patel]

First two image of Capparis decidua but 3rd and 4th are of member of leptadenia pyrotechnica (check spell).

regards

rohit

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[Neil Soares]

Thanks for your comments Rohit, but photographs 3,4 & 5 are close-ups of the first tree.                   Regards,                    Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 12/15/10, Rohit Patel <rmpec...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Rohit Patel]

Dear Sir, 

that comment was not for your posting but that was for Maniji's posting.

please check

regards

rohit

[mani nair]

Thanks Rohit ji for the correction.   I thought all the four are same.

Regards,

Mani.