November 6, 2011

Lamby tail ....?

Scientific name: Acacia catechu
Cutch tree is a small deciduous thorny tree, growing upto 15 m high. This is native to India and Thailand. The stem is dark brown to black, with rough bark which peels off in long strips in mature trees. The fern-like leaves are 100-200 mm long and contain between 8 and 30 pairs of small leaves made up of numerous, oblong pairs of secondary leaflets 2-6 mm long. Pairs of stout thorns up to 10 mm long are found at the base of each leaf. The flowers are white or pale yellow, about 3 mm long and bunched tightly together to form a cylindrical flower spike, 35-75 mm long, resembling a lamb's tail. I photographed this flower on 11th September, 2011 as i was back to my home from lab.

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