Now it appears to be Crateva adansonii ssp. odora
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Suvarna Sarpotdar < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Suvarna Sarpotdar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sirs, >> I am hereby sending another close up.Its flowers have just shed. I hope >> it helps now. >> Regards >> Suvarna >> >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Dinesh Valke >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

