This could be *Stereospermum colais *(Paadhiri in Tamil). Pictures of leaves may help to confirm. There must be some confusion about the local name Shathawari, which actually refers to Asparagus, as you know.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > I visited the Konark Temple, Orissa, in Jan 2009 and saw an avenue of some > trees leading to the famous temple. Some guides there told me that the trees > were of a white , scented flower called "Shathawari". > There were no flowers on the trees then but I picked up a few seed pods > with some seeds which I have photographed now. > Please help me id them. > Btw, most of the trees I saw on the streets of Bhubaneshwar were strange to > my Chennai eyes. > Regards, > Padmini Raghavan. >
