As per my personnel observations in Kolkata, I will go for *Bombax ceiba*.
*Ceiba pentandra* was leafless & started flowering now in Kolkata.
Here are details about it (*Bombax ceiba) *from Indiantreepix Database:
*Bombax ceiba (B. malabaricum, Salmalia malabarica)*
*Bombacaceae* *Semal,
Red silk cotton, Shembal, Semur* It's flowering already reported in Feb.'08
near Badalapur, Maharastra by Mangesh ji, in Mumbai by Kiran ji & near Pune
by Satish ji. Seen flowering in Bassein fort - Vasai, District Thane on 17th
and 24th February 2008 as per Sweedle Cerejo. Bombax ceiba have begun
flowering but in many of the Bombax flowering is yet to be initiated in
Nagpur as per Rohit. Flowering in full bloom on 24/2/08 at Moodlu Koppal,
Mysore district as per Raghu. Blooming all over in Delhi- first noted was in
2nd week of Feb.- Rita ji. Flowering in March' 08 - Juhu Scheme (Mumbai),
Sanjay Gandhi National Park(SGNP) (Borivali & Thane) Maharashtra- 14/3/08-
Tejal ji. Flowering in March-2006- Debasish ji- Kolkata. Beautiful Trees &
Shrubs of Calcutta by Sh. R.K. Chakraverty & S.K.Jain states that flowering
occurs in early spring (Feb.- March). Trees of Delhi states that though
flower buds appear long before, first flowers wink on in Feb.; prime time in
Delhi is early to mid March.
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2008/12/29 Barry Stock <[email protected]>
> Ceiba pentandra is *highly* variable:
> Green trunk thorns
>
> Green trunk smooth
>
> Grey trunk thorns
>
> Grey trunk smooth
>
> It's only the flower that matters.
>
> Also, Bombax ceiba foliage tends to be larger and much more deeply
> acuminate at the tips than Ceiba pentandra.
>
> Thorns on Bombax ceiba tend to be smaller than those on a thorned Ceiba
> pentandra, and thorns are ubiquitous on Bombax ceiba.
>
> My guess when I saw the tree was C. pentandra, and since the ones in my
> yard are beginning to flower, I would guess that the answer is not far off
> for this one either.
>
> Barry Stock
> Hollywood, Florida, USA
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2008, at 11:44 PM, Nudrat wrote:
>
>
> Hello
>
> The tree in picture is most certainly not Ceiba pentandra as C.
> pentandra has green trunk. If the main trunk has thorn then its
> Bombax ceiba and if the main trunk hasnt got thorns then it is Bombax
> insigne.
>
> On Dec 27, 2:11 pm, figtree <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Looks like Bombax ceiba (simul) , not Ceiba pentranda (Silk cotton- or
>
> safed simul)
>
>
> On Dec 27, 1:45 pm, "Anand Kumar Bhatt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> looks like that. Either bombax ceiba or kapok.
>
> akbhatt
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:20 PM, kaushal <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> request for id
>
>
> Location: XLRI Jamshedpur
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
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