I love those balloon like fruit pods.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Ushadi Ji for showing this new plant
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:57 PM, ushadi Micromini <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Malvaceae week 0905-9112011 UD 023 Kleinhovia hospita
>>
>> Dear All:
>>
>> Malvaceae week 0905 9112011 UD 23 Kleihovia hospita
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>> Family              Malvaceae
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>> Subfamily :            Sterculiaceae
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>> Genus:                             Kleinhovia
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>> Species:                                  K. hospita
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>> Binomial name                              Kleinhovia hospital  L.
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>>
>>
>> I first discovered this native of SE asia in the Horticulture garden..
>> hort as we  kids called it… it used to be the edge   of the carriage
>> drive, now a black topped car park…  it was small them.. now its almost
>> 50 feet tall..    if I want a full photo I would need to stitch at least
>> 3 frames… phew.. so I ‘ll just show you the top third to so and absolute
>> bottom….  To heck with the middle… J…
>>
>>
>>
>> Flower buds  are very small about 7 to 8  mm long… when open they are
>> about a cm in diameter,  seed pods about 2-3 cms across, papery .. seeds
>> inside  do not know much about them because the fallen pods do not seem
>> to have anything inside … and have not torn any from the tree to tell you
>> about.
>>
>>
>>
>> The leaves are very large, the largest I have found on this tree were
>> about 10 inches long and 9 inches across.
>>
>> The sprouts new shoots from it base…
>>
>> This tree is somewhat popular in Kolkata for street planting… do not know
>> if KMC is planting them or individual home owners plant a tree or two of
>> their choice in front of their homes… they used to in decades past… do not
>> know now…  it grows tall so not a shade tree ….
>>
>> Not mentioned in Ayurveda or Ethnobotany of Bengal… so may not be well
>> known yet.. but in SE asia it is used for killing lice , they apply leaf
>> juice… has cyanogenic  properties…
>>
>>
>>
>> Enjoy,
>>
>> Usha di
>>
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> --
> Regards
>
> Dr Balkar Singh
> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> Arya P G College, Panipat
> Haryana-132103
> 09416262964
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