Nice picture of this Cannon Ball Tree. Dr H.J.Chowdhery and Dr D.S.Pandey of BSI have chosen it for the front cover of their nicely illustrated book Plants of Indian Botanic Garden. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Friday, February 28, 2014 10:39:03 AM UTC+5:30, Sukla Chanda wrote: > > > > *Couroupita guianensis* Aubl. (Lecythidaceae): > > > The flowers are large, up to 6 cm wide, and often brightly colored, the > six petals in shades of pink and red near the bases and yellowish toward > the tips. There is a ring of stamens <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamen>at > the center, and an arrangement to stamens that have been modified into a > hood. Some trees flower profusely, until the entire trunk is buried in > flowers. They are strongly scented, especially at night and in the early > morning. The tree bears, directly on the trunk and main branches, large > globose woody fruits. > > > Cannonball Tree is native to rain forest of the Guiana's in Northeastern > South America. > > > 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.
