Yes, Mahendra ji you are correct, ... *Moringa oleifera* is out of context here. Regards.
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Mahendra Prasad < [email protected]> wrote: > I doubt it is Moringa oleifera, the Drumstick tree, Dinesh. The Tree in > the picture has largish leaves and appears to be taller than average > Drumstick trees, which have smaller leaves. Drum sticks trees have long > slender stems/branches. The tree in the pix has large, light coloured > branches. It is flowering, appearing to be similar to Drumstick flowers. A > closeup of leaf and flower may have helped more. > I attach 2 cropped parts of the 2 pix for ref. > Drumsticks are commonly grown in Kolkata and S Bengal, particularly > Midnapore dist. I have been told it is very easy to plant it. In the rainy > season a long ( even 1 - 1.5 m ) and thick ( 3 cm old wood ) stem/branch may > be simply planted in the ground, after trimming the leaves and branches. It > should start sprouting new leaves within 1 month. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > *To:* Suvarna Sarpotdar <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sun, 1 November, 2009 4:53:20 PM > > *Subject:* [indiantreepix:21975] Re: identify tree > > ... quite challenging exercise !! > My guess: *Moringa oleifera*, the drumstick tree, horseradish tree. > Regards. > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Suvarna Sarpotdar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Saw in my Society. >> Suvarna >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------ > Add whatever you love to the Yahoo! India homepage. Try > now!<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_3/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

