i have a very interesting story about this tree. i did my PhD from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Behind the Botany Department there is a long double row (about 500 meters) of these fully grown trees. as the trees are planted closely they form a very shady tract amongst them. so you can find some 'love birds' sitting in the shades to catch some private moments. so one of my very senior (he was a research associate at that time) named the plant as "COUPLE PLANT" and he would often use this name to describe the location and the tree with so serious of expressions that a new student would take it to be correct but then he would utter out the explanation and......
Alok On Feb 27, 8:31 am, Smita Raskar <[email protected]> wrote: > Beauuuuutiful... I love trees blooming like this :):) > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Mohina Macker <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I am posting some images of milletia peguensis which i had taken last year > > in chandigarh around this time. > > It is a popular tree in some of the northern sectors > > regards > > mohina macker > > -- > Smita raskar > 308 Disha Residency, > Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > Mob.9763989639
