1. Walk from Lalbagh glass house towards the Band stand 2. Look for Dillenia Indica - the Elephant apple tree - (towards your left) (During this time, the elephant apple tree can be easily spotted for it has literally no leaves but hundreds of large riped fruits on the every branches and on the ground. Probably leaf shoots now ). 3. Just opp. to this tree is one of the tallest tree in Lal bagh. ( No name plate, I have to request for ID in eflora to know the name) 4. Next to this is our beautiful Oncoba spinosa - with 2-3 flowers per tree hidden among the leaves. 5. Look for the green fruits in the tree crown, again they are well camouflaged. 6. Plan to go before July, for the fruiting season ends then.
Hope this helps ! Thanks Raghu ________________________________ From: Shanmugam Rajasekaran <[email protected]> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>; raghu ananth <[email protected]> Cc: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>; [email protected]; ajinkya gadave <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 20 May 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:69865] Re: Flowering Tree | 20May2011AR02 from Bangalore Beautiful flower. Nice closeup photos. In one of flower photos, the central part (pistil?) is not visible. Do these show different stages of flower development or is there any other significance? Raghu ji, could you please tell me where to locate this tree inside Lalbagh? Regards Shan On 20-May-2011, at 8:30 PM, ajinkya gadave wrote: 100% Oncoba spinosa >first time i saw fruits of this beautiful flower thanks for sharing. > > >On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:46 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >>Oncoba spinosa. -Leaf and fruit description do agree in many aspects. >> >> >> >>From the link http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/oncobspin.htm >> >> >> >>// The leaves are simple, ovate-elliptic in form with a somewhat pointed tip >>and rounded, broad base. The leaves are dark, glossy green in colour and >>somewhat leathery and hairless. The margins are coarsely toothed. >> >> >>The rounded fruit of up to 60 mm in diameter, consists of a hard shell that >>becomes dark-reddish brown when mature and small, with shiny brown seeds >>embedded in a dry, sour, yellowish pulp. Fruit can be found on the tree from >>April to July. // >> >> >> >> >> >>Thanks >>Raghu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> >>To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>Cc: [email protected] >>Sent: Friday, 20 May 2011 7:30 PM >>Subject: [efloraofindia:69860] Re: Flowering Tree | 20May2011AR02 from >>Bangalore >> >> >>Oncoba spinosa? >>Recently I have photographed this flower at Muscat. >>Regards, >>Aarti >> >>On May 20, 5:55 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>> .... looks like *Mesua ferrea* ... the leaves here seem to be broader ... >>> some other species of *Mesua* ? >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> ' >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:01 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > * >>> > Flowering Tree | 20May2011AR02 from Bangalore >>> > Date/Time-15 May 2011 08:23 AM >>> > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Lalbagh, Bangalore >>> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Urban, Garden >>> > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Tree >>> > Height/Length-approx - 12 feet approx >>> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape - Ellyptic, Toothed Margin, 8-15cms >>> > Inflorescence Type/ Size- >>> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts - 6cms, White, >>> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- --Green, Globose, 4cms, >>> > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >>> >>> > Regards >>> > Raghu >>> > *- Hide quoted text - >>> >>> - Show quoted text - >> >> >> >
