Catalpa speciosa without any doubt now. On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 10:15:04 AM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
> Thanks, Tanisha ji and Singh ji for digging out the old thread. > > On 29-Jun-2017 7:30 PM, "Tabish" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Gurcharan ji, >> I was generally looking at the comparison here: >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=105851 >> You are right that images on the web are not very consistent.I would be >> happy to know what you finally settle at after a deeper analysis. >> Tabish >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >> The waterhole of flower lovers >> >> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Tabish ji, I will have to go deeper to decide finely, because >>> although flowers in most books are usually described as pale yellow, there >>> are majority white flowers if we search C. ovata on net., nor is 3-lobed >>> leaves a consistent feature, although some leaves have two slight >>> projections in upper part. I did not pay much attention earlier because we >>> had read about C. ovata (Asian species) and C. bignonioides (An American >>> species) as classical example Biogeographical Vicariance. The two are very >>> closely related and grow in different continents, although now they have >>> been planted world around. At this stage I am more inclined towards C. >>> speciosa, because of long acuminate leaves, they are abruptly acuminate in >>> C. bignonioides. >>> >>> 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/ >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 4:46 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 <011%202551%208297> Mob: 9810359089 >>>>> <098103%2059089> >>>>> 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 email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/2983c9c3-8fed-4ca7-a522-d71d338be228n%40googlegroups.com.
