Thanks for the ID, Dr Santhosh! Surprised to find this exotic australian species planted on the roadside. Probably the builder/developer might have planted these 2 trees in front of their business center. Not seen anywhere else on that stretch apart from these 2.
Thanks Satish On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected] > wrote: > Castanospermum australe > > The genus *Castanospermum* belongs to the Fabaceae family and has only > one species - *Castanospermum australe*, commonly referred to as the > Black Bean or the Moreton Bay Chestnut. > > > On 1 April 2013 21:33, Satish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Saw this tree on the roadside in Bangalore. Can any of you please help in >> ID'ing this tree? >> >> Thanks >> Satish >> >> >> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-s1nbjrEgyz8/UVnRJvwE4uI/AAAAAAAAGyk/IoNQLEWhark/s1600/IMAG0551.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kluK_PvtGJs/UVnRJoyP2tI/AAAAAAAAGyk/NONxisgZs4M/s1600/IMAG0552.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6OMbwYl6kOM/UVnRJgd5RDI/AAAAAAAAGyk/RluWue7Qt8w/s1600/IMAG0543.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > SANTHOSH > ------------------------------------------ > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) > Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > Kerala > India > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com > > Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA > NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before > printing this email !!! > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

