Casuarina equisetifolia the plant is planted as wind breaker...
regards, On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
