Thank you Ushadiji and Alokji Regards Bhagyashri On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Ushadi micromini < [email protected]> wrote:
> Its planted along river banks and we have some along Dhakuria lakes in > Kolkata... > > not allowed to photograph around the lake itself in Kolkata... it was > allowed when we were Calcutta !!! > > Soil erosion prevention is ostensibly the reason... but ..I remember > a conference many years ago in Calcutta that too many causarinas > ( just like a concentration of Gando Bawal (Prosopsis julifora) in > Gujarat and Aksahmoni tree, a eucalyptus in parts of West Bengal... > draw up a lot of water from the water table, which when very low is > far beyond the reach of native plants and trees... thus native flora > suffers .... there was osme small movement affot to prevent further > plantings... but I do not know what happened to the group that > started it... > > DOES ANY one here have any Information about that? > > > Usha di > ===== > > > > > On Aug 23, 9:09 am, Pinki <[email protected]> wrote: > > Casuarina equisitifolia..... > > Casuarina is the word taken from Cassowary, a bird, refers to the > > supposed resemblance of the twigs of the species to the plumage of > > bird), equisetifolia (“equinus”= horse, + “folium” = leaf, refers to > > the drooping twigs, which are suggestive of coarse horse hair) > > > > Alok > > > > On Aug 22, 12:24 am, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Respected members > > > kindly identify the tree with following specifications. I could not > > > photograph it well as it is a very tall tree amongst other trees. It > has > > > thin leaves in bunches with whitish glassy shiny tips. they look like > green > > > fibre glass whorls. The lowest branch had tiny red flowers all along. > The > > > tree was full of round small berry like fruits. The spiny seeds(i > think) had > > > fallen down which I have photographed > > > > > Date/Time- August 2011 > > > > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune Maharashtra > > > > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Garden > > > > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- tree > > > > > Height/Length- very tall > > > > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green thin strips in bunches with shiny tips > > > > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- small red flowers all along the > branch > > > > > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- woody hard seeds > > > > > Regards > > > > > Bhagyashri > > > > > aa.JPG > > > 212KViewDownload > > > > > 210820111564.jpg > > > 240KViewDownload >
