My layman's understanding is that Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a bush and can be yellow (Radha chuda) and red (Krishna chuda) whereas delonix regia can be pink bright pink or yellow and it is a tree. Caesalpinia's identifying characteristic is its ver;y long stamens. In Bengal gulmohur is also known as Krishna chuda. Any corrections welcome. ak
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > I think it was Shantanu ji > > Any way > > > -- > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM, navendu page <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you Gurcharan ji but I think it may be Narendra who raised the doubt >> because it was surely not me >> >> navendu >> >> >> On 14 October 2010 05:55, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Navendu ji >>> Last month you had raised question about differences between Caesalpinia >>> pulcherrima var. flava and Delonix regia var. flavida. Today I had a casual >>> check and found these: >>> Sepals in Delonix are narrower and valvate in bud, in Caesalpinia they >>> are broader and imbricate >>> Stamens slightly longer than petals in Delonix, they are 2-3 times longer >>> in Caesalpinia >>> Fruits 30-50 cm long in Delonix, less than 10 cm in Caesalpinia >>> >>> -- >>> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Narendra Joshi <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> This appears to be Yellow Peacock Flower from Gulmohar family. * ( pl >>>> check Caesalpinia pulcherrima*) >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Narendra Joshi >>>> >>>> >>>> --- On *Wed, 9/8/10, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]>* wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:46913] Delonix regia var. flavida >>>> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 9:00 PM >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> sharing snap of the Yellow variety of Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia >>>> var. flavida )...commonly called Gulmohar. >>>> Although it is endemic to Madagascar....it is widely grown in India as >>>> an avenue tree. >>>> We call it Radha-choora in Bengali....as the red Gulmohar is called >>>> Krishna-choora. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> Shantanu :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Navendu Page >> >> PhD student >> Kartik Shanker's Lab >> Center for Ecological Sciences >> Indian Institute of Science >> Bangalore - 560012 >> Ph: +91 9611053510 >> >> >> > > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com (A NEW BLOG HAS BEEN ADDED ON 3 SEPT 2010.) And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers!
