Thank you, Dineshji. I think Tabish's is the spiffiest distinction I have heard! One cannot dispute it and it makes eminent common sense. Sushmita
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... Sushmita ji, please set aside *B. acutangula*; ignore it ... I vaguely > associated it to your plant. > > About shrub and tree, each has technical defintions, yet there are some > plants which can be best called as a large shrub OR a small tree. > And on the lighter side, I remember our friend Tabish's quote, gist of > which is: if you can climb the plant you may call it a tree !!! > > Regards. > > > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
