Ajinkya ji.. a flickr stream Plantscape... says your name... s that yourself? very nice stream...
there are two pictures of this tree... do you have any pictures of the leaves face and back...?? could you show them here? thanks if you do... usha di ======= On Nov 14, 2:44 pm, ajinkya gadave <[email protected]> wrote: > *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
