Dear all, *'Brownea coccinea' *is called *'Lal Zumber' 'लाल झुंबर' *in Marathi.
Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10/24, ranjini kamath <[email protected]>: > > > Dr. Santosh Thank you so much for the information about the genera > in Caesalpiniaceae also including the 'handkercief' plant.An apt name > .When we had first moved here i was puzzled by the number of 'rags' > on this tree! I have pics of A. nobilis,Saraca asoca -with flowers & > leaves which i will post later.Both leaves & flowers are so beautiful! > Regards > Ranjini Kamath > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ranjini Ji, > > > > Thanks for posting the picture of a 'handkerchief plant'. There are a > few > > genera in Caesalpiniaceae family are known by this common name because > the > > young foliage look like similar to handkercheif. The genera such as > Brownea, > > Saraca, Humboldtia, Amhertia etc belong to such group. I think your > > photograph represents Brownea coccinea only. > > > > Santhosh > > > > 2009/10/23 ranjini kamath <[email protected]> > >> > >> Am confused about the ID of this flower/tree.I've been told this is > >> Brownea rosea.Is this a Saraca species? The leaves grow the same > >> way.Pic taken near residence,Bangalore-27-09-09. > >> Thank you. > >> Ranjini Kamath > >> > >> >> > > > > > > > > -- > > SANTHOSH > > ------------------------------------------ > > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar > > Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > > Kerala > > India > > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com > > > > > > > > -- 'I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.' - Helen Keller --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

