Dears, The photo on page A 10 of the GT dated 9 July, 2008 caught my eye. My brain said Tabebuia rosea, the purplish-red flowered, almost leafless tree I was familiar with in Bangalore. There are a few trees of this species near the Se Cathedral in Old Goa. Other than that, I have not seen the tree anywhere in Goa. Brazil is in the Southern Hemisphere and so it may be flowering in August there. In Bangalore it flowered closer to November. The leaves of the seedlings also look like Tabebuia [earlier lumped with Tecoma] I could not find a reference to "Ipe". The closest I could get to was Tabebuia leucoxyla DC. This is a native of Brazil. Its wood is water resistant and is used to make wooden shoes. Tabebuia argentia, the silver barked tree with yellow trumpet-like flowers can be seen at NIO, Dona Paula. In any case, the Moniz brothers Igidio and Joaquim are going to make Curtorim a more colourful place than their Ganv-bhav, Francisco Sardinha did in 14 years as the Minister for Agriculture and almost a year as CM of Goa. All power to them and their venture. May their tribe increase. Mog asundi. Miguel PS If anyone can shed some light on "Ipe", I will be obliged if they can post here.
--- On Thu, 10/7/08, Goanet News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Goanet News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet-News] Colours of the rainbow : getting in petals from another world (Lisa Monteiro, in Gomantak Times) To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008, 1:34 AM Colours of the rainbow : getting in petals from another world What better way to give back to Goa than to keep it green and grow more plants! Igidio Moniz, originally from Curtorim, now based in Brazil, still has his heart set here and is introducing the 'Ipe' tree to Goa. See [http://www.tropicalhardwoods.com/htm/tropical_hardwoods/ipe.htm] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabebuia] "We want to germinate this plant and make Goa a beautiful place for future generations". Add Carol and Joaquim in unison. Contact the writer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- next part -------------- URL: <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news-goanet.org/attachments/20080710/1126c4e9/attachment.htm> Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
