Thanks Nidhan ji & Dr. Rawat.
Thanks, Sukla ------------------------------------------------ Sukla Chanda, PhD Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago IL. On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:58 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
