Vijaysankar ji, thank you for the lead. The plant matches in respect of lower calyx lobe but it lacks the red spots on the upper petal and it has no spines at all. Is there anything close to C. spinosa? Regards, Shrikant
On Mar 28, 6:12 am, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > It may be *Caesalpinia > spinosa*.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_spinosahttp://www.apatita.com/herbario/Leguminosae/Caesalpinia_spinosa.html > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > Small deciduous tree, 3-5 m tall, erect; bark light coloured. Leaves 2 > > pinnate, 30--40 cm; pinnae 3-5 pairs, 15-20 cm; leaflets opposite, elliptic, > > sessile, 3 cm, acute, pubescent. Flowers fragrant, 1 cm, in terminal racemes > > 10-15 cm; calyx lobes 5, fimbriate, lower lobe elongate, boat shaped, > > reddish, segmented on margin. Petals 5, clawed.Pods flat, 10 cm, reddish > > brown. > > Found few trees together flowering, planted in an experimental reserved > > forest near Pune. > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar > > 12 Varshanand Society > > Anandnagar Sinhagad Road > > Pune 411 051.www.idsahyadri.com > > Tel 91 20 2435 0765. > > Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.co...>- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
