Thanks Mr.Neil, for the id and etymology. The tri-lobed leaf in the picture deceived me to give that name.
Regards ---------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Tanay, > Close but not exactly - it is called the 'Mad Tree' because no two of its > leaves are of the same shape. > Regards, > Neil. > > --- On *Tue, 12/21/10, tanay bose <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: tanay bose <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:57529] 201210-PR -For ID-Chennai. > To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> > Cc: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]>, "Padmini Raghavan" < > [email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 12:24 AM > > > Yes Pterygota alata, I first saw this tree in Indian Botanic garden as > this plant has no prefect leaf shape > hence its called a mad tree > Tanay > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Neil Soares > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi, > This is Pterygota alata 'diversifolia' also called the 'Mad Tree'. > Regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Mon, 12/20/10, Padmini Raghavan > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Padmini Raghavan > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [efloraofindia:57518] 201210-PR -For ID-Chennai. > To: "indiantreepix" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 11:05 PM > > > Please help me id the tree whose varied leaves I have photographed. > Photography is not permitted in the Agri-hort garden, hence I have snapped > some of the fallen leaves. > Someone has given me a hint that the leaves belong to a tree called the > "Mad Tree" , SOMETHING diversifolia. > Please help me identify the "SOMETHING" > Thanks, > Padmini Raghavan. > > > > > > -- > *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 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > >
