you think so? The fruit capsule is sooooo much smaller though ... gosh... :) Usha di ======= you us this late?
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]>wrote: > Could see the vultures and the Sterculia fruit adopted the shape of > vulture. > Madhuri > > --- On *Sun, 11/9/11, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:81306] Malvaceae week 0905 - 9112011 UD 032 > Pterygota alata and 033 Pterygota alata var irregularis > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Gurcharan Singh" < > [email protected]>, "Balkar Arya" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 11:37 PM > > > Malvaceae week 0905 - 9112011 UD 032 Pterygota alata and 033 Pterygota alata > var. irregularis > > > Dear ALL: > > > Submitting an interesting tree and its variant … > > > Family: Malvaceae > > > Subfamily: Sterculioideae > > > Genus: Pterygota > > > Species 1: Pterygota alata > > 2: Pterygota alata var. irregularis > > > > These trees grow very tall, have the typical sterculoid leaves… and both > develop the seed pod that’s called the Boddha’s coconut … > > > > #1: , the regular p. alata happens to be deciduous….looses all its > leaves, being the tallest it provides a look out perch for the vultures… > > > > After some years of dwindling number they had disappeared for a few years… > reappearing to nest in the victoria memorial gardens in Kolkata… and > vicinity… > > And they used to perch on three pterygota alata trees we have there… we use > to go and count through the seacon.. to assure ourselves that they were > there to stay… > > They are in figure 6 and 7… towards end of spring in April. > > > > #2 : The most interesting Pterygota is the PAGLA gachh… or the mad tree… > so called because None of its leaves match each other, each one is > different… > > And its not deciduous… you’ll notice in the pictures that 20 percent or so > leaves are turning brown… ready to fall… > > These digital pics are from 2007 fig 1, 2) and 2011 (fig 3 and 4) all > from the Hort gardens… see the label /Placard has changed… and fig number 5 > is from Kolkata Bot G, beginning of summer each. > > > > enjoy, Usha di > > > > >
