This tree needs high moisture, higher levels of rain (as opposed to the mimosa with similar flowers and different leaf structure and size that grows in USA and is considered a weed) ... this sis graceful tree providing shade, nitrogen fixing for the local soil, seeds edible for some birds and animals, nsting sites for birds of many different species, and it does not topple over in the KAL boishakhi storms in Bengal... none toppled in hurricane Aila (at least not that I saw nor was one reported or shown on TV as having lost its footing) ...
Not native, but it has endeared itself ... we have some very graceful grandfather trees in Dhakuria lakes... among other spots in the city... Thanks Dinesh Usha di ================ On Jan 6, 11:36 am, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: > great catch Dinesh Sir. Missing your uploads during ur absence. > > Regards > > Prasad > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy < > > > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Really superb set of pictures Dinesh Ji. > > > Regards, > > BRS > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> *Albizia saman *(Jacq.) Merr. > > >> - *al-BIZ-ee-uh* -- named for Filipo del Albizzi, Florentine nobleman > >> *sah-MAN* -- *saman* is a South American name for the plant > > >> [image: Rain > >> tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > >> Jan 14, 2007 ... in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Udyan (a.k.a. Powai Gardens), > >> Mumbai > > >> *commonly known as*: cow tamarind, coco tamarind, french tamarind, > >> genisaro, monkeypod, monkey-pod tree, porrain tree, rain tree, saman tree, > >> zaman • *Bengali*: বিলাতি শিরীষ bilati siris • *Hindi*: विलायती शिरीष > >> vilaiti siris • *Malayalam*: മഴമരം mazhamaram, ഉറക്കംതൂങ്ങമരം > >> urakkamthuungamaram • *Marathi*: गुलाबी शिरीष gulabi siris, विलायती > >> शिरीष vilaiti siris • *Tamil*: சீமைவாகை cimaivakai • *Telugu*: దోరిసెన > >> dorisena > > >> *Native to*: tropical America; naturalized / cultivated elsewhere in > >> tropics > > >> *References*: Flowers of > >> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcata...>• > >> Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRa...>• > >> Tropilab<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tropilab.com%2Fraintree....>• > >> Dave's > >> Garden<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fpf%2Fgo%2F...>• > >> EcoPort<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fecoport.org%2Fep%3FPlant%3D1...> > > >> *more views*: > > >> - Dec 29, 2007 ... in a temple premises along Ghodbunder Road near > >> Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra > >> [image: Mazhamaram (Malayalam: > >> മഴമരം)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > >> - Jan 20, 2008 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai > >> [image: Rain > >> tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > >> [image: > >> Two rain trees in perfect harmony > >> !!]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > >> - Jun 2, 2007 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > >> [image: Gulabi Siris (Marathi: गुलाबी > >> शिरीष)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > >> - Apr 7, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > >> [image: Samanea > >> saman]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> > > >> Regards. > >> Dinesh > > > -- > > B. Rathinasabapathy > > Project Co-ordinator > > Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park > > 1388, Avinashi Road > > Peelamedu > > Coimbatore-641004 > > > <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241
