I think this should be Catalpa bignonioides, and not C. ovata. C. ovata has yellowish flowers which are streaked inside, but not very showy, plus the calyx is greenish. Leaves are 3-lobed. Catalpa bignonioides has white flowers which are streaked inside and are showy, plus the calyx is purplish. Leaves are not lobed. Gurcharan ji's flowers are white, calyx is purplish and the leaves are not lobed. Tabish
On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 6:12:16 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Catalpa ovata* G. Don, Gen. hist. 4:230. 1837 > > Common: Chinese catalpa > > Asian counterpart of the pair of vicariant species (American counterpart > being C. bignonioides). Deciduous tree up to 10 m tall; leaves opposite, > ovate-cordate, 12-25 cm long, abruptly acuminate, sometimes 3-5-lobed, > finely pubescent; flowers pale yellow, 20-25 mm long, in many-flowered up > to 25 cm long panicles; corolla with orange stripes and dark violet spots > inside; pod up to 30 cm long, 8 mm broad. > Commonly planted in Kashmir. Photographed on June 16, 2010 from > Srinagar, Kashmir. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- 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.
