Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy has kindly suggested... "It could be Lagerstroemia microcarpa? endemic tree to the Western Ghats. Since this is from a Botanical Garden.my guess L. microcarpa."
Interesting. Thank you for that suggestion. I wondered whether its bark had been striped off for a purpose, like cork on a Quercus suber. I do hope Pankaj will be able to find out for me. Sheila. ========================================================= On Dec 13, 8:13 am, Plantaholic Sheila <luddite1...@talktalk.net> wrote: > Thank you for replying Pankaj. > > "Sorry I did not manage to take the leaves, as a torrential downpour > drove us into the immaculately maintained greenhouse." > I just found the texture of the tree fascinating. > > Sheila. > ========================================== > > On Dec 13, 4:42 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Oh, I imagine what I should look here to id. > > Do you have pics of leaves by any chance? > > Pankaj > > > On Dec 12, 10:44 pm, "PlantaholicSheila" <luddite1...@talktalk.net> > > wrote: > > > > Help with id please. > > > > Pic taken on 31st March 2011. @ 15.07 > > > > This very naked tree was in LLoyds Botanic Garden. Gantok. West Bengal. > > > > It had no label. > > > > I could not tell if the trees bark had been stripped deliberately or not. > > > > Underneath was just amazing, it was so beautifully soft. Very tactile. A > > > bit like Suede in texture. > > > > Sorry I did not manage to take the leaves, as a torrential downpour drove > > > us into the immaculately maintained greenhouse. > > > > Maybe someone on this forum will visit the Botanic Garden and could ask > > > for the name of this tree. Or possibly even know the people how work in > > > the herbarium. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Sheila. > > > > Habitat-.... Botanic Garden > > > > Plant Habit-.... Tree > > > > Other info.... None! Sorry. > > > > 005 31-03-2011 15-08-36.JPG > > > 418KViewDownload > > > > 005 31-03-2011 15-07-08.JPG > > > 172KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
