Hi Pravin, Agree with Dr.Phadke. Your photographs are of a yellow-flowered variety of Bombax ceiba. Also Cochlospermum religiosum [Yellow Silk Cotton] is an unarmed tree, where prickles are seen on the stem and branches of the tree in your photographs. Regards, Neil.
--- On Mon, 1/31/11, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:61825] Yellow Silk Cotton flowering To: "Pravin Kawale" <[email protected]> Cc: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 7:55 PM I think Pravin's species is not Cochlospermum but Yellow coloured Bombax ceiba from family Bombacaceae. Excellent and unusual. Dr Phadke On 31 January 2011 19:05, Pravin Kawale <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Same from Chaul,Alibag on 30Jan,2011 Thanks On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Photographed at my farm at Shahapur today. Had also posted photographs of this last year. Please check the archives of this group for them. Regards, Neil Soares. -- Pravin
