I have confirmed that this is C. spinosa, a tree originating from Peru and known as 'Tara' tree. Thanks to Vijaysankar for ID. Regards, Shrikant
On Aug 10, 5:12 pm, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “It *may be Caesalpinia > spinosa*.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_spinosahttp://www.apatita.com/herbario/Leguminosae/Caesalpinia_spinosa.html > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman” > > “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” > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Shrikant Ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com> > Date: 27 March 2011 14:29 > Subject: [efloraofindia:65778] Caesalpinia for ID > To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > 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...> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com)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:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(more than 1680 members > & > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia > website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > of > around 5000 species) > > > > Caesalpinia_Twig.jpg > 230KViewDownload > > Caesalpinia.jpg > 218KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
