The Hatti Ladoo Jhad name seems to be derived from the almost foot long fruits that it bears. It remembles like the ragi balls fed to domesticated elephants.
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Bhagyashri <[email protected]> wrote: > Shobha ji, > Many thanks for your msg. The pix of the flowers you have captured are > really very beautiful. Nice name in Marathi too. The label to the image > says Hatti Ladoo Jhaad. does it mean हत्ती लाडू झाड़ ? any particular > reason for this name? Thanks for all the info about this tree > Regards > Bhagyashri > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Shobha Halwe-Chavda <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes Bhagyashri.It is African Sausage.U seem to have missed the flowers in >> last month. Bright maroon coloured flowers of this tree bloom at night.Look >> very beautiful but smells very foul.U can photograph them early morning >> around 6.00-6.30 am.Locally in marathi they are known as "वाघूळ फूल" as the >> pollination is carried out by bats.I m attaching a flower image taken near >> my house in Versova,Mumbai. >> Shobha >> >> >> On Thursday, 25 April 2013 14:06:22 UTC+5:30, Bhagyashri Ranade wrote: >> >>> Many thanks Satish ji for confirming the Id and more info about the tree >>> Regards >>> Bhagyashri >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Yes it is. The flowering is over and the tree is in fruiting stage at >>>> most places in Pune. >>>> *Kigellia africana* also called as 'Sausage tree' due to the huge >>>> sausage like fruits.(Seen here) >>>> Family : Bignoniaceae. >>>> >>>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Bhagyashri <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> Jan 2013 Bund garden road Pune >>>>> medium ht tree with fruits. no flowers were seen. Kindly validate if >>>>> this tree is Kigelia africana? >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards >>>>> Bhagyashri >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> 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 indiantreepi...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Bhagyashri >>> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Regards > Bhagyashri > > -- > > --- > 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. > > > -- --- 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.
