Beautiful Sir Never seen here in our area. Is this a garden shrub?? On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Bauhinia tomentosa Linn., Sp. Pl. 375. 1753 > > Common names: bell bauhinia, St. Thomas-tree, yellow bauhinia > Sans: Phalgu, pita, kanchana > Hindi: Kachnar > Mal: ptu > Guj: Pilo asundro > Tel: Adavi mandarmu > Tam: Iruvaji > Mal: Kanjanam > > Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall with small 3-5 cm long leaves, 5-8 cm > broad, glabrous above, tomentose beneath, petiole 2-3 cm long, 7-9 veined; > flowers yellow, 6-8 cm across, 1-3 together in leaf axils, mostly in pairs, > pedicel with 2 persistent subulate 3 mm long bracteoles; calyx 12-14 mm > long, spliting down on one side; petals obovate 4-5 cm long, 3-4 cm broad, > one petal with a dark blotch inside; stamens 10; pod up to 15 cm long, up to > 15 mm broad, usually hairy. > > Photographed from Vikas Puri New Delhi in March and May, the flowering > continues from February to July. > > > -- > 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/ >
-- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
