Nice pictures Balkar ji. To add to Mani ji 's info. - the tree sheds its leaves thrice in a year, if there is an external environmental pollution near the tree, it will shed its leaves and will remain leafless for a week. In Mumbai it flowers throughtout the year.
regards, Rashida. On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 9:51 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cannon Ball tree > Tanay > > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 6:35 AM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> One more info. If there is air pollution near the tree, it sheds it >> leaves and new leaves appear after some days. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mani. >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Mani Ji >>> I saw this tree first time there and nobody was allowed to go near to it >>> to safeguard flowers for worship. Zoom lens could help me to get closeup >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:01 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Balkar ji, nice capture of the flowers. We have two trees growing in >>>> our society compound. The flowers are used in the worship of Lord Shiva. >>>> Fruits looks like a canon ball, hence it is also called cannon ball tree. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Mani. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> > > > -- > *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) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >
