It is not Alstonia scholaris, it belongs to free petal family.Leaves are palmately compound, In Alstonia i is simple leaf in whorl phyllotoxy. It Aesculus species only. Aesculus fruit (Indian horse chest nut) is used in medicine. Rawatji is correct.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:03 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > DSCN9463, 9467 are of Hippocastanaceae, genus- Aesculus. Two species are > known in India and differentiated as (based on Pant 2000): > leaflets thin, membranous, margins sharply serrate, panicles > oblong..................... A. indica > leaflets coriaceous, margins feebly toothed or crenate, panicles > lanceolate............A. assamica > Following may have help too: > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/sapindaceae/aesculus > > DSRawat Pantnagar > Again many many thanks for you id assistance, especially R.N. Tagore's > 'Saptaparni Plant' > regards > S. Panda > > Darjeeling > > Dr Panda > did Robi thakur really mean this one ? > LETS ASK BIMAL DA . > I think his chhatim gaachh is Alstonia scholaris. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris > > by the way alstonia scholris planting in streets has increased due to > very cheap seedling available in the forrestry dept nurseries > > its misguided notion to plant these in such huge numbers > its pollen is the cause of countless thousands and thousands of people > dsuffering from headaches migraines and sever sinusitis during the > flowering season > its a public health hazard > > now we know for sure long term repeated allergic responses equals > inflammatory mediators in the blood and brain and tissues... log term > effect of inflammatory mediators is early aging, vasculitis, heart and > brain problems and even many cancers have inflammation as the starting > point because of the oxygen radicals ...cancer somewhere in the body. > > If any of our members have any influence with the civic bodies in your > area please try to reduce planting of these trees. > > Robi thakur did not have many of these on his ancestral property > we see only one... > only one > that he used to sit and meditate under > > most likely not during the pollen season ! > he was a smart guy > not going to jeopardize his own health!! > usha di > > think* his *chhatim gaachh is Alstonia scholaris. > by his i mean Robi thakur's > usha di > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Subhasis Panda <[email protected]> > Date: 16 July 2015 at 09:41 > Subject: Need id assistance > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>, "J.M. Garg" < > [email protected]> > > > Dear all > I need id assistance of Rabindranath Tagore's 'Saptaparni' plant (tree) at > Mongpu, Darjeeling. > Date: 17.03.2015 > Locality: Mongpu > Tree up to 10 m high > > regards > S. Panda > Mongpu > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
