If it is native to our part of the world... how come we know of only one such tree in Kolkata ....
???? I wonder... what's in its biology that makes it so rare?? does any one know? Usha di ========= On Jan 5, 8:08 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice photographs Dinesh ji > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Great Rain of Mimosaceae uploads!!!!!!!! > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> *Albizia odoratissima * (L.f.) Benth. > > >> - *al-BIZ-ee-uh* -- named for Filipo del Albizzi, Florentine nobleman > >> *oh-dor-uh-TISS-ee-muh* -- most fragrant > > >> [image: Albizia > >> odoratissima]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > >> May 29, 2009 ... along NH 4A near Kalambuli, Karnataka > > >> *commonly known as*: black siris, Ceylon rosewood, fragrant albizia • > >> *names > >> in Indian languages yet to compile* > > >> *Native to*: Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, > >> Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam > > >> *References*: World Agroforestry > >> Centre<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldagroforestrycentre....>• > >> RNGR<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rngr.net%2Fpublications%...>• > >> NPGS > >> / > >> GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2...> > > >> *more views*: > > >> - May 29, 2009 ... along NH 4A near Kalambuli, Karnataka > >> [image: Albizia > >> odoratissima]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > >> [image: > >> Albizia > >> odoratissima]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > > >> Regards. > >> Dinesh > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964