flowers/ fruits give the appearence of fig Madhuri --- On Sun, 11/9/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:81130] Malvaceae Week: Tilia platyphyllos from Kashmir To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Flowers of India" <[email protected]>, "Tabish" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 7:33 AM 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/
