Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for the Id. Hats off to your brilliance and observation. There was another tree probably Gulmohar close by. I think I have photographed the leaves of that tree by mistake. I am sorry for that.
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > The tree, flower-head and fruits pictures are probably of Leucaena > leucocephala (Fabaceae/Mimosaceae). But the pictures of leaves (IMG_1585 & > 1586) look different and may be from a different plant. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 15 Jan 2012 >> >> Kindly help Id this tree about 80 feet tall in a private society at Pune >> >> I could not see any flowers on the tree but could see green and dried >> pods. The dried pods fallen on the ground were quite thin also could see >> some seeds fallen down. >> >> I found some dull pink colored structures fallen on the ground which I >> think are spikes of dried flowers.(I may be wrong) I could see these >> flowers (presumed) in IMG_1590 shown by green arrow. >> >> There was also a black cuckoo sitting on the tree and trying to eat >> something . I tried my level best to take its picture but it was not still. >> IMG_1590 encircled and IMG_1588 tail and back portion >> -- >> Regards >> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade >> > > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
