A interesting set of information Shantanu Da Tanay On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Shantanu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Mr.Kenneth > Lovely pics of the rarely seen yellow blossoms of Spathodea. > > i came to know from a book by Dr.H.Santapau that there is no record > of the time when this tree was first introduced into India. It was > brought to Ceylon from Angola in Africa around 1873. > In Mumbai and many other cities along the coast, this tree flowers > regularly but never with the profusion with which it does in Pune, > Bangalore and other cities in the drier parts of the country. > The tree in Mumbai behaves like an evergreen tree, in drier parts of > the country it may lose all its leaves for a short time during the hot > weather. The wood is soft, and therefore may be damaged by strong > winds. > In Tropical Africa, where the tree actually belongs, the tree flowers > in Sept to May. In Mumbai, it flowers throughout the cold season and > early part of summer, and also often survives the monsoon months. > It is surely one of the finest avenue trees, but to get the best > result from it, the tree should be planted in well-drained soils. It > can thrive upto elevations of 1500 metres. > > Regards > Shantanu : ) > > > > On Aug 29, 11:47 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/Spathodeacampanulatay. > .. > > > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
