The reason for posting these images for those who don't know.............. The flowers are very much similar except the colour. The green one is our own native *Albizia lebbeck*(Shirish) which is fragrant and has beautiful smell whereas the red one though looks beautiful lacks the fragrance. The leaves of both are quite similar but those of Rain tree(*Pithecolobium saman;Syn. Samanea saman* often called as *Vilayati Shirish*) are glossy. The pods of both are entirely different. Albizia has pale yellow coloured ones while rain tree has dark brownish black woody pods. *Albizia lebbeck* is native to India with a lot of ecological importance and should be planted more commonly than the non native Rain tree (Native of tropical America now distributed worldwide)which is commonly planted roadside. Satish I have written the spelling* Albizia lebbeck* is taken from Flora of Maharashtra by BSI as I found different spellings at some places.
2009/3/19 satish phadke <[email protected]> > Both are flowering at present.Native and non native Shirish > Dr Phadke > > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
