A great Idea Alpha Ji, Tanay On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Alpa Sheth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All: > > I'm a kindergarten student of botany... > > Having grown up in the Dadar Parsi Colony and 5 gardens area in Mumbai, I > have had daily access to a veritable collection of trees- Kigelia Pinnata, > Barringtonia acutangula, Swietenia Macrophylla and Mahogani, Tabebuia > Megapotamica, Canon ball tree, Kleinhovia Hospita, Diospyros Peregrina, > Berrya Cordifolia, to name a few.... > > A few years ago a Parsi gentleman made a little field booklet which took > you along the avenues of that area and identified the trees as you walked > along the specified route. Some trees have > alas been lost since but many are still around. What a great gift to the > area! > > It would be great if every neighbourhood would mark their green territory > and record its botanical history for posterity. > > The purists may frown at the large number of exotic trees in our area but > it is indeed the green heritage of the area just as colonial architecture is > Mumbai's heritage.... > > > Cheers, > Alpa > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Pardeshi S. <[email protected]>wrote: > >> there are a few very good trees at Dadar Parsi colony, Mumbai. >> recently i observed this plant being planted on a large scale as >> avenue in new developing areas around Mumbai and at New mumbai. a few >> plants are also present in Pune. one tree i have observed in Gondiya >> district too. >> strangely the inflorescence alwayz gets out of focus during >> photography (has happened to me many times). >> >> Regards >> Satish Pardeshi >> >> >> On Jun 15, 7:39 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Nice big inflorescence. I remember I had seen them in IIT Madras campus >> > which is a very good biodiversity area. >> > Satish Phadke >> > >> >> > On 14 June 2010 23:36, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > The Kigelia africana is in full bloom all over Chennai. It is a >> pleasure to >> > > see the flowers strewn all under the trees in the mornings. >> > > As it was cloudy, I managed to get one infloresence in situ. >> > > The buds are also seen. >> > > Padmini Raghavan. >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > > "efloraofindia" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> >> >> > > . >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
