Hi Dr. Padmini, These are the pods & seeds of Kharsing [Radermachera xylocarpa] sometimes called 'Bullock's Horns'. Regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Fri, 4/8/11, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:66748] 08-04-11-PR for ID-Konark To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 8, 2011, 11:56 PM 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.
