This should be *Prosopis juliflora*, a native of Americas. As Santhosh ji said, the nomenclature may be confusing, as P. chilensis is often (incorrectly) treated synonymous.
Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:57 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > I am much confused on the identity of this species... > Please check the > link-<http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/pdfs/international_programme/IdentifyingProsopisGuide.pdf>from > Santhosh ji. > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Samir Mehta <samirmeht...@gmail.com> > Date: 31 January 2014 19:53 > Subject: [efloraofindia:180541] Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz near > Ahmedabad > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Dear Group-members, > > The id was based on presence of nodal spines, not prickles. [ref Fl. MH > (Almeida) 2:224] > > In spoken english, the terms are used more or less interchangeably, but > botanically, thorns are derived from shoots; spines are derived from leaves > and prickles are derived from the epidermis thus can be removed more easily > and cleanly than thorns and spines. > > Jagmohan ji, this species should be an addition to eFI database if id > stands group scrutiny. > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (around 2250 members & > 1,80,700 messages on 31/1/14) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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.