Its *Pithecellobium dulce* (Mimosaceae) called Madras Thorn. The mesocarp of pods is edible.
Tamil name: Kodukkaapuli On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Nadeem Waqif <nadeem.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kindly identify this small tree with characteristic thorns in pairs. > Photographed in Bangalore beginning Jan and Tiruvanamalai end Jan 2014. > > Height of trees 4-6 metres. trunk in last picture 7 cm diameter. > inflorescence in picture about 1.5-2 cm wide. leaves in pairs about 3 cm > long. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
