NA Tanay... Pagla gachh is a variant... of Pterygota alata... there is one in Kol Bot garden ( several baby trees too and one in the Hort... I am going to upload the one from Hort in a day or two.... the native pterygota alata is a very tall tree and is deciduous.. the variant Pagla one never looses all its leaves... that's a big difference...
Several native ones are in victoria memorial ... at least a hundred years old... and very tall. without leaves provides a perch for now recovering population of the vultures in winter ... one year we volunteered to count them and their nesting pairs... may be i'll try and find the pictures and upload them.... Usha di ===== On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice one we call it "Pagla gach" (mad tree in bengali) because its > heterogeneous leaf morphology.. have seen one in Indian Botanic garden > Tanay > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> wow, nice pictures .. what time of the year was it.. I usually get to >> see the empty open shell and few leaves emerging.... >> this is a very tall tree... so how did you manage... >> usha di >> = >> >> On Sep 8, 9:27 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Very Good series of Pics >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Malvaceae week : *Pterygota alata* Syn. *Sterculia alata* >> > > Earlier :Sterculiaceae >> > > Buddha's coconut. >> > > Observed in a private bungalow Pune. and also in Rani Bag Mumbai. >> > > Flowers are polygamous. I think in one of my pictures both male and >> female >> > > flowers are visible. >> > > Dr Phadke >> > >> > -- >> > Regards >> > >> > Dr Balkar Singh >> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> > Arya P G College, Panipat >> > Haryana-132103 >> > 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >
