Thanks for sharing informations Shantanu Da with was well supplemented with photos from Ken Tanay
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > Here are a couple of photos of the yellow-flowered form. It is fairly > common in Florida and to a lesser extent in Southern California, USA. > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/PHTO0016-4-1.jpg > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/Spathodeacampanulatayelformcopy.jpg > > Regards-- > Ken. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> > *To:* tanay bose <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>; efloraofindia < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Sun, August 29, 2010 1:28:41 AM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:45872] Tree for ID > > Hi Tanay and Pankaj ji... > Thanks for the Id of this tree. > > Some more info on this spcies. I came to know that it is commonly called > African Tulip tree. and* *in Bengali it is called Rudra Palash. It has > originated in Africa. *Spathodea* is a monotypi genus in the flowering > plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, *Spathodea > campanulata*, is commonly known as the *Fountain Tree*, *African Tulip > Tree*, *Flame-of-the-forest*, *Rudra Palash*, *Pichkari* or *Nandi Flame*. > It is a tree that grows between 7–25 m (23–82 ft) tall and is native to > tropical Africa. This tree is planted extensively as an ornamental tree > throughout the tropics and is much appreciated for its very showy > reddish-orange or crimson (rarely yellow), campanulate flowers. It has the > potential to become an invasive species, however. > > The flower bud is ampule-shaped and contains water. These buds are often > used by children who play with its ability to squirt the water. The sap > sometimes stains yellow on fingers and clothes. The open flowers are > cup-shaped and holds rain and dew, making them attractive to many species of > birds. In Neotropical gardens and parks, their nectar is popular with many > hummingbirds, such as the Black-throated Mango (*Anthracothorax > nigricollis*), the Black Jacobin (*Florisuga fusca*), or the Gilded > Hummingbird (*Hylocharis chrysura*). The wood of the tree is soft and is > used for nesting by many hole-building birds such as barbets. > > regards > > Shantanu : ) > > > > > On 8/29/10, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Spathodea campanulata indeed >> Tanay >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Spathodea campanulata >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi >>> > sharing a snap of a tall tree with crimson flowers.... >>> > Location: Jadavpur. Kolkata. >>> > Date: 29th August 2010. >>> > >>> > Shantanu : ) >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************** >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>> >>> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>> Research Associate >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>> Department of Habitat Ecology >>> Wildlife Institute of India >>> Post Box # 18 >>> Dehradun - 248001, India >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant >> Department of Botany >> University of British Columbia >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 >> >> > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
