Yes Dr. Rawat, the aroma of this flower is very strong and nice. It symbolizes the beginning of festive season(Durga Puja) in West Bengal along with *Nyctanthes arbor-tristis* L.
Thanks, Sukla ------------------------------------------------ Sukla Chanda, PhD Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago IL. On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:14 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > A handsome tree in North India! Flowers emit a strong aroma periodically. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:53:46 AM UTC+5:30, Sukla Chanda wrote: >> >> >> State Tree of West Bengal* Alstonia scholaris* (L.) R. Br. (Apocynaceae) >> >> >> *Alstonia scholaris* (Saptaparni in Bengali) is declared as the State >> Tree of West Bengal, India. This is Rabindranath Tagore's much loved tree >> and under this tree (in Bengali it is called *chhatimtala* ) prayer >> services are held on very special days in Santiniketan. Rabindranath, >> too, like his father before him would sit in meditation here, under the >> chhatim trees during sunset. >> >> Leaves of the Chhatim (*Alstonia scholaris*) trees are given to >> graduating students at the annual convocation in Visva-Bharati (University). >> >> >> Pictures are taken from Hatibagan, Kolkata during September, 2011. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Sukla >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Sukla Chanda, PhD >> Science & Education, >> The Field Museum, Chicago IL. >> > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
