I too stand for Barringtonia asiatica of Lecythidaceae family, as Neil Ji pointed out.
It cant be Calliandra surinamensis as the picture shows a single flower and it has petals. Flower buds are also different. In Calliandra what we see is an inflorescence with several flowers. But it is a nice mimicry! Mimicry in plants? Regards, Giby On Aug 23, 2:33 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding with a subjectline. > Pl. reply against this subject line mail only. > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy <[email protected]> > Date: 23 August 2011 14:43 > Subject: [efloraofindia:77990] > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > Pl. find the attached file contain a photo for id. > > Location from Pondichery (Opp. to Secretariat) Feb/March 2011. > > thanks > > B. Rathinasabapathy > Project Co-ordinator > Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park > 1388, Avinashi Road > Peelamedu > Coimbatore-641004 > > [image: stock vector : tree] <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected])http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & > place-wise):http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also > use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google > e-group:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(more than 1680 members > & > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia > website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > of more than 5000 species) > > > > Unknown flower from pondy.jpg > 1424KViewDownload
