A nice tree to start the week. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Bauhinia purpurea* Linn., Sp. Pl. 375. 1753 > syn: Bauhinia triand > > > Common names: *purple bauhinia, orchid-tree*, *butterfly-orchid-tree*, * > butterfly-tree*, *camel's-foot* > Hindi: Khairwal, Koliar. > Beng & Mar: Deva, rakia kanchan > Tel: Kanchanam > Tam: Mandari > Kan: Sarul > Mal: Chuvanna, mundaram > > Medium tree with leaves rather longer than broad, 12-18 cm long, 10-15 > broad, lobed 1/2 down into acute or rounded lobes, petiole 3-5 cm long; > flowers 10-12 cm across, in short racemes, appearing with leaves; calyx > about 3 cm long, splitting into two reflexed segments, one emarginate, > another 3-toothed; petals pink, white in centre, 4-5 cm long, oblanceolate, > not overlapping; stamens 3, others reduced to staminodes; pod 12-25 cm > long, 2-2.5 cm thick > > Photographed Rajouri Garden, New Delhi in October, flowering in > October-November. > -- > 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
