Thank you Dr Garg. It was a medium size tree and appears to be L. indica. I am not sure if it is an old specimen but I will ask someone at the institute. Will share if I receive any information on this.
Regards, Ashwini > On 26-Jul-2015, at 1:13 pm, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, Ashwini ji, > Very interesting. > Pl. check Lagerstroemia indica > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lythraceae/lagerstroemia/lagerstroemia-indica> > > But Lagerstroemia indica > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lythraceae/lagerstroemia/lagerstroemia-indica> > is a woody shrub. It seems to have become a big tree with multiple stems. > Is it a very-2 old plantation ? > > > On 22 July 2015 at 08:55, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Yesterday visiting a nearby institute, I saw this cultivated tree growing in > the compound. I think it is a Lagerstroemia but could of course be wrong. > Please advise. > > Lagerstroemia sp.? > Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > 1800m > 21 July 2015. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <_MG_7128_21July15.jpg> > <_MG_7125_21July15.jpg> > <_MG_7122_21July15.jpg> > <_MG_7141_21July15.jpg> > <_MG_7124_21July15.jpg> > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix > <http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > 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.
