Hello sirs Yes sir. This is S. polyacantha. Please observe many single prickles in main trunk. The bark is white. The length of the spike inflorescence is more compared to S. catechu and S. chundra.
Thank you sir On Sep 15, 2018 12:03 PM, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this should be *Senegalia* *polyacantha* (Willd.) Seigler & > Ebinger as it has less than 20 pinnae as per keys in the attachment at efi > thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/wO_4PySVE1k> > > > As per details in efi thread > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/wO_4PySVE1k> & > keys in the attachment: > I am very much sure that *Senegalia catechu*, *Senegalia polyacantha *as > well as *Senegalia chundra* are distinct species. > The calyx of *S. catechu *and *S. polyacantha *are hairy (sometimes > sparsely hairy in *S. polyacantha*); while calyx is completely glabrous > in *S. chundra* > Bark of *S. catechu *and *S. chundra *is very similar. Grey white when > immature while dark brown to black, fissured when mature. *S. > polyacantha *bark is white, papery, peeling out and armed with several, > individual, prickles even on main trunk (probably the name is because of > this feature: poly-a-cantha). Leaves of S. polyacantha are larger than > other two species. Prickles in S. polyacantha is yellowish brown, recurved > or straight, and about 0.5-1.0 cm long, while prickles in other two > species are brown to black, mostly recurved and about 0.3 cm long. > Please find attached pdf of paper by Kshirsagar 2012. He differentiated > all the three species based on morphology. > 1 attachment. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: tsp kumar <tspkuma...@gmail.com> > Date: 12 December 2015 at 23:51 > Subject: [efloraofindia:237149] ID-TSP-12DEC2015-1: Fabaceae specimen for > ID > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Dear friends, > > > > Kindly identify this specimen belonging to Fabaceae. Could this be > Senegalia polycantha...??? > > > Ref:http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet. > php?id=1916&cat=1 > > > > Habit:Armed tree > > > > Habitat:Dry deciduous forest > > > > Sighting:Devarayanadurga,Tumkur,Karnataka,about 800 msl > > > > Date:29-06-2015 > > > > Thanks and regards > > tspkumar > > Deputy Conservator of Forests > > Working Plan > > Chikmagalur > > Ph:988057158 > > > > > > > > *“We have not inherited this planet from our forefathers, we have borrowed > it from our children”-An American proverb* > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 > are directly displayed). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > 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 an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
