I do not remember where I read this. You are backing up with personal observation so you must be right. I had read probably that the milky latex is not liked by the birds. At some place I had got planted about a dozen of alstonia plants, they are all trees now. I will find out tomorrow from the people there and let you know. Thanks for the information. I was a little hesitant to plant this beautiful trees because of this reason only. Best wishes, akbhatt
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Mahadeswara Swamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I have seen many Alstonia trees (A.scholaris) in Mysore on main road > (Sayyaji Rao Road) about 20 years back. I do not know whether all are > existing. I am sure a few are definitely there. They are home for hundreds > of parrots. Even in Chennai I have seen many of these trees. I have > seen plenty of birds visiting these trees. > Dr. Mahadeswara swamy > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Anand Kumar Bhatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ulhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 5 September, 2008 5:25:44 PM > Subject: [indiantreepix:4573] Re: Fwd: TN forest Dept forced to fell > 'polluting' trees > > Dear Ulhas: > Alstonia has a problem which I have read somewhere, maybe on this site > only. Birds don't like this tree either for nesting or roosting. > You said that by experience some trees are found not suitable for urban > landscaping. If you don't have a list, at least you can mention the ones you > can remember off-hand. That will be useful for everybody. > Sri Sri Agri in their site have blandly said that acacia is a no-no tree. I > pointed out to them that not every acacia variety is invasive. Last I saw > their site, they haven't modified it. they are also encouraging simarouba > glauca. It is an exotic tree, and if you know anything about it, please let > us know. > > Best wishes > >> >> akbhatt >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------ > Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Click > here.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_2/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/> > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Bhind Road Gwalior. 474 005. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
