hello all thi plant is Melaleuca leucadendron (L.) Bth. Fl. Austral. 3: 142, 1876; Duthie in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India 2: 465, 1879; Bailey, Man. Cult. Pl. 726, 1949. Synonyms: Myrtus leucodendron L., Mant. 105, 1771. Common names: Cajuput tree, Punk tree, Kayaputi. there are 2-3 trees in VJBU, Byculla. a huge one just after the entrance on the right side. the trunk is very soft and papery.
regards Satish Pardeshi Consultant Taxonomist CDAC, Pune Dinesh Valke wrote: > Yazdy ji ... I think this tree is indeed of Cajuput, whose leaves resemble > to that of *Acacia auriculiformis* OR *Eucalyptus* species and the flowers > are long spikes at the end of branches. > I see the (white) bottelbrush tree leaves are relatively shorter and > somewhat narrow elliptic, pointed at both ends, and the flower spikes often > end slightly before the end of branch, showing some folage at the tip. > > > Here are photos that I have: > The Cajuput tree -- > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Melaleuca%20leucadendron&w=91314344%40N00 > The (white) bottlebrush tree (possibly hybrid) -- > http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314...@n00&q=Callistemon+salignus&m=text > > Please correct me, if wrong views. > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Looks like the bottlebrush tree to me. In fact it is. > > Regards > > Yazdy. > > http://floridagardener.com/pom/Callistemon.htm > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM, ranjini kamath<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > A beautiful tree with a curious trunk! Lalbagh-14 06 09 > > > Regards > > > Ranjini Kamath > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
