Nice pictures Sir ji I can get the rough feel of the leaves and the fine texture of petals too.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Butea monosperma* (Lain.) Taubert in Engler & Prantl, Pfianzenfam. > 3(3):366. 1894. > Syn: *Butea* *frondosa* Roxb., *Erythrina* *monosperma* Lain. > > Common names: *bastard-teak*, *Bengal kino*, *dhak*, *flame-of-the-forest* > * > * > Deciduous tree up to 20 m tall with tomentose younger branches tomentose; > pinnately trifoliolate leaves, terminal leaflet up to 15 cm long, lower > slightly smaller; flowers bright red tinged with orange, in up to 20 cm > long racemes, in fascicles; pod up to 20 cm long, silky. > > Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, Delhi. > > -- > 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/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
