Hi, This is indeed Tabebuia donell-smithii. This is marked as one of the heritage trees of Bangalore in the book Heritage trees by Vijay Thiruvady in page 135 where this exact tree is given. Apart from here, its mentioned that there is one more tree in Raj Bhavan. These are the only 2 trees of this species in Bangalore. The tree status is marked as endangered.
Rgds Ajit On Monday, February 17, 2014 7:19:24 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > It is an extremely tall tree - forgot to mention this.- from Ranjini ji. > > Is this tree Tabebuia donnell-smithii?- from Ranjini ji. > A tree expert during the Tree Festival, Neralu [ meaning shade in > Kannada ]- Cubbon Park, Bangalore, said this is Tabebuia serratifolia - > does not look like it tho': > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabebuia_serratifolia 09/02/201 Young > treee - no flowers at the time.- from Ranjini ji. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ranjini Kamath <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 30 January 2014 12:57 > Subject: [efloraofindia:180444] Tabebuia for ID - 300114 - RK > To: indiatreepix <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > > Were intrigued by this Tabebuia.At first we thought it is T. aurea - but > the trunk is not at all deeply fissured. > Pics taken in Raman Research Institute,Bangalore.26/01/2014 - morning. > Sir CV Raman's ashes are buried at the foot of this tree. > Would appreciate ID! > Thank you > Ranjini Kamath > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (around 2250 members & > 1,80,700 messages on 31/1/14) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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/d/optout.
