A European plant Ushadi I have seen a single cultivated tree in Kashmir (seeing it since 1970) grown in Kashmir Arts Emporium Garden in Srinagar, which interestingly has several interesting plants grown since a long time.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > very nice to see asian lindens... > > which by the way are supposed to be more varieties than northwestern > hemisphers... > > wonder how many do we have in the himalayas... > > Usha di > == > > > On Sep 11, 7:04 am, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another feather in cap of malvaceae Cap. thanks sir > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > *Tilia platyphyllos* Scop., Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 1: 373 1771. > > > > > Common names: *big-leaf linden*, *broadleaf lime*, *large-leaf lime*, > *large-leaf > > > linden* > > > > > Tree with pubescent young branches; leaves broadly ovate, up to 12 cm > long, > > > obliquely cordate, regularly serrate, pubescent beneath especially > along > > > veins; flowers creamish in drooping cymes, usually 3, rarely 4-6 > flowered, > > > peduncle united for half its length to the ligulate bract; sepals and > petals > > > five each; stamens many; fruit pear-shaped. > > > > > Photographed from Emporium Garden in Srinagar, Kashmir. > > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964 >
