I have never seen this tree flowering although very common. Thanks for sharing the flowers.
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Viplav ji for posting the flowers of P.alba. Yes, it is very > rare. This plant is very very common in Chennai also, rather very > popular shrub / a small tree. Most commonly used for hedges (live fence) > alternatively with red Acalypha, which gives a stunning effect to the > onlookers. I have never seen it in flowering, though I was very keenly > observing the plant in around Chennai for more than 20 years ! Though I > knew that it would flower, I was not fortunate enough to see the plant in > flowering in Chennai. Let me try out now in Mysore city. > It is called *sule sappu *in Kannada and *lachaikottei* in Tamil. The > leaves are used for cooking in Chennai. The leaves have medicinal > properties too (elephantiasis). > > > On Monday, May 27, 2013 11:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, Viplav Gangar wrote: >> >> >> An uncommon instance of *Pisonia alba* in flower. It is a very popular >> ornamental in Mumbai but is seldom seen flowering / fruiting. Clicked today >> morning in a traffic island in South Mumbai. >> >> It is intriguing to note that G. Carstensen, the Danish superintendent of >> the Victoria Gardens in Mumbai, remarked upon the distinctive appeal of >> this tree way back in 1890. In a meeting of the Bombay Natural History >> Society on 3rd December 1890, he gave a talk on the gardens of Bombay and >> had some flattering things to say about this tree: >> >> "The most striking tree of our gardens is perhaps the Lettuce-tree (*Pisonia >> alba*), which cannot fail to attract attention by the splendid effect of >> its bright yellow foliage, nowhere I believe so perfectly developed as in >> Bombay". - G. Carstensen, *Bombay Gardens*, p. 410, Journal of the >> Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. V, 1890. >> >> Best wishes, Viplav >> >> -- > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
