Promila ji There are three trees with the same common name *flame-of-the-forest*
Delonix regia Butea monosperma Spathodea campanulata -- 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/ On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 5:58 PM, promila chaturvedi < [email protected]> wrote: > I think Palash-Butea monosperma is known as flame-of Forest. May be I am > wrong. > Promila > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Complete set of Pics Sir >> >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Gurcharan ji, >> > very beautiful flowers. The best I have seen so far. I do not know the >> tree >> > that I have gets flowers which have a orange shade . I like more the >> ones >> > you have posted bright red. Thanks for sharing >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:24 AM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> nice pics,, >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Ushadi micromini >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> very nice >> >>> usha di >> >>> ====== >> >>> >> >>> On Dec 9, 7:56 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > *Delonix regia* (Bojer) Raf., Fl. tellur. 2:92. 1837 >> >>> > syn: *Poinciana regia* Bojer >> >>> > >> >>> > Common names:flamboyant, flame-of-the-forest, flametree, >> >>> > peacock-flower, royal >> >>> > poinciana >> >>> > >> >>> > Large deciduous tree to 20 m with bipinnate up to 55 cm long leaves; >> >>> > pinnae >> >>> > 12-20 pair, leaflets 20-30 pairs, up to 10 mm long, oblong; stipules >> >>> > pinnate compound; flowers bright red, up to 10 cm across, in >> racemes; >> >>> > pod >> >>> > up to 50 cm long, 5 cm broad, thick, compressed >> >>> > >> >>> > Coomon avenue tree in Delhi, Photographed from Vikas Puri and DU >> >>> > Campus. >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > 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/ >> >>> > >> >>> > Delonix-regia-AK-Delhi-1.jpg >> >>> > 530KViewDownload >> >>> > >> >>> > Delonix-regia-AK-Delhi-2.jpg >> >>> > 421KViewDownload >> >>> > >> >>> > Delonix-regia-Delhi-1.jpg >> >>> > 367KViewDownload >> >>> > >> >>> > Delonix-regia-Delhi-2.jpg >> >>> > 175KViewDownload >> >>> > >> >>> > Delonix-regia-Delhi-3.jpg >> >>> > 191KViewDownload >> >>> > >> >>> > Delonix-regia-Delhi-a.jpg >> >>> > 70KViewDownload >> >>> > >> >>> > Delonix-regia-fruit2.jpg >> >>> > 448KViewDownload >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> - H.S. >> >> >> >> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere >> heart of >> >> stone >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Regards >> > Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > >
