Box Elder Acer negundo (Male plant) from Srinagar

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Dear Members,

Am posting some photos of Box Elder (Acer negundo ) an introduced  monoecious  plant

species from Srinagar.  The male plant has long attractive flowers which hang in panicles and appear just before the leaves in March .It seems that photos of male flowering plants from this locality have not been posted before here. Previous posts by Gurcharan Ji and Aarti Ji are of leaves which appear just after flowers.  It is also called Ash Maple because the leaves are pinnately compound as in Ash.

Habitat:  Corner of a field in Srinagar

Habit: Tree 15-20 feet high

Inflorescence: Flowers hanging in panicles at the end of long hairy pedicels 3-4cm or more in length.

Petals: Absent

Perianth: minute

Regards

Taffazull

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All photos taken in last week of March 2024.

All photos under CC licence (Attribution only needed)

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Two more photos

Pollen Grains at X 750 and X 225 magnification

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Taffazul ji

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Taffazul ji, I had clicked it in July, 2011  when it was fruiting in Hazuribagh garden, where we spent our childhood. 

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Thanks Gurcharan ji for confirmation

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Photo of pinnately compound leaf. Most maples have palmate leaves. This is the only Acer species which can have more than three leaflets.