Dinesh-ji, thank you for response. I googled Barringtonia acutangula and find the flowers very different from the ones in my photo though the leaves roughly look the same to my lay eyes.
I would be interested to know what distinguishes a shrub from a tree. I believe there is continuing debate on this. Regards, sushmita On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... hey Sushmita ji, I see it as a tree ... and it reminds me of *Barringtonia > acutangula* tree which has similar pendant inflorescence ... however here > the flowers look relatively slightly larger. > I may be off-track. > Regards. > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Sushmita Jha > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello all, >> Would appreciate ID of this shrub/flower. >> Thank you. >> Sushmita Jha >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:20 AM >> Subject: North Bengal Flowers - ID Request 1 - 13May09-SJ >> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> this has become a very exciting and meaningful way to start my day! >> >> Would very much appreciate the usual fantastic help from this group. This >> garden shrub/flower was growing in the grounds of Tia Bon, Chapramari. Sorry >> about the blurryness of the photo of the flower. >> >> Many thanks. >> Sushmita Jha >> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
