Nice write up to clear the doubts
Thanks Usha Di
Tanay
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:04 PM, ushadi Micromini <
microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> <formpeja...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Could see the vultures and the Sterculia fruit adopted the shape of
>> vulture.
>> Madhuri
>>
>> --- On *Sun, 11/9/11, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>*wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>
>> Subject: [efloraofindia:81306] Malvaceae week 0905 - 9112011 UD 032
>> Pterygota alata and 033 Pterygota alata var irregularis
>> To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, "Gurcharan Singh" <
>> singh...@gmail.com>, "Balkar Arya" <balkara...@gmail.com>
>> 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
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>> Subfamily: Sterculioideae
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>> Genus: Pterygota
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>> Species 1: Pterygota alata
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>> 2: Pterygota alata var. irregularis
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>> These trees grow very tall, have the typical sterculoid leaves… and both
>> develop the seed pod that’s called the Boddha’s coconut …
>>
>>
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>> #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…
>>
>>
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>> 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.
>>
>>
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>> #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.
>>
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>> enjoy, Usha di
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