Thanks for the post and a great set of botanical informations Tanay On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Acacia farnesiana* > Family : Mimosaceae. > So far I was not knowing that this tree is different from *Acacia > nilotica.* > Last Sunday Shrikant ji showed me this tree. > Flowers same as *A. nilotica* but much fragrant. Stipules spinescent and > small 0.5 cm unlike long white thorns of *Acacia nilotica.* > Pods is the identifying character. They are dark brown cylindrical as shown > in the picture. > This is a native tree and around 4-5 shrubby trees were observed in an open > area in the Pune city, probably natural or may have been planted in the > past. > Dr Phadke > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
