Nice Pics Sir, still we have to locate this tree in Haryana On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K. Heyne, Nutt. pl. Ned.-Ind. ed. 2, > 2:755. 1927 > syn: Peltophorum ferruginea Decne.; Peltophorum roxburghii (G. Gon) Degener > > Common names: copperpod, yellow flametree, yellow > poinciana, yellow-flamboyant > > Tree up to 25 m tall with brown-tomentose young branches; stipules small, > not branched; leaves with up to 14 pinnae, leaflets 10-20 pairs, 10-20 mm > long, rounded or retuse at tip; flowers bright yellow in panicles, sepals > 7-10 mm long brown-tomentulose; petals 15-25 mm long; pod oblong-elliptic, > 5-10 cm long, compressed, 1-4 seeded. > > Commonly planted along roadsides in Delhi, photographed from Ashok Vihar and > Janak Puri. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >
-- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
