A reply: "This is *Erythrina stricta* Roxb. Kind regards, Varun" Thanks a lot, Varun ji.
On 11 May 2017 at 20:51, radha veach <[email protected]> wrote: > Posting images of *Erythrina stricta* Roxb. from the northern Western > Ghats. These pictures are from two individuals growing quite close to one > another and were taken at different times. This species is by far the most > common wild *Erythrina* in the forests around Mumbai. I have noticed > some variation within the species especially in the appearance of the bark. > Older trees have much more of a corky look with fewer prickles. > > *E. suberosa* is seen more rarely and always in drier, exposed slopes. > The leaves of Erythrina stricta are glabrous and those of Erythrina > suberosa are not. Likewise the pods. > Both trees bloom when leafless and at this time it is easy to confuse the > two, especially as fallen leaves are often burnt in forest fires. It is > almost impossible to distinguish the two species with long shots of the > flowers alone. Good descriptions of both can be found in Pradip Krishen's > Jungle Trees of Central India. > > regards > Radha > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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- around 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 images). 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. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
