Thaks to Dr. Phadke & Garg ji for enlightening elaboration.My question is : Of these two which is most commonly found in India ? Regards, S. Mahapatra
On Mar 20, 8:31 pm, satish phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
