It is not Alstonia, it is Aesculus sp. Promila On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
