Got a glimpse of this plant after a long time !! Long ago it was uploaded by Arati Ji probably she recorded this plant from Jijamata Udyan , Mumbai. Nice catch of the plant !!
Tanay On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:29 PM, shubhada nikharge < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > i had been to Rani Bagh, Byculla, Mumbai last week. I saw a tree of > Gustavia augusta fruiting. The flowering has almost come to an end. > > Bot. name: Gustavia augusta > Family: Lecythidaceae > An evergreen tree native to South America. > Etymology: > Gustavia i commemorative name, after Gustavus III, King of Sweden and > patron of Linnaeus > Augusta - Majestic > Cheers, > Shubhada > > > "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can > do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." > > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
