*Bauhinia retusa* On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Alok Goyal <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hallo All > > Sending you some photos of a tree for identification > > Locality: Dahlia garden, Sector 36, Chandigarh > Altitude: 350m > Temperature: 14 degrees minimum > humidity >50% > Habitat: Garden > Habit: Large Tree > trunk very thick with greyish bark > Leaves: broad 2 inches X 2 Inches, some with an apical notch, look > somewhat like a malformed Bauhinia leaf > Flowers: Small ~1.5cm X 1.5cm, non fragrant, with structures available in > the flowers as in the photographs > Any special feature: a lot of crows were like attacking the inflorescence > which were on the top of the tree and they were causing the flowers to fall > down which i picked up for photos. the crows didnt seem to be attacking > someone or something it was like they were competing for something (food) > in the tree inflorescence itself > Fruits: Pods as shown > > Alok > >
