This is Spathodea campnulata-Tulip Tree. Promila On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 6:10 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > >
