This is found in Mysore as well. Please see my earlier postings on this tree.
On Feb 5, 6:20 pm, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > Tipu Tree is a medium-sized tree native to Southern Brazil and to Bolivia. > It has reddish-brown fissured bark. Leaves of Tipu Tree are briefly > decidious - so the tree is semi-evergreen. Leaves are alternate, opposite > and imparipinnate. They can be up to 1 foot long. Indidual leaflets are > about 6 cm long, slightly staggered oval, numbering 23 or a few less. The > leaflets are slightly paler below. The flowers are borne in axillary > racemes 10-15 cm long. The flowers are golden yellow, sometimes orangish, > shaped like sweet-pea flowers, very ornamental, 2 cm in diameter. The > standard petal is 1.5-1.8 cm long. Sepals are short, triangular. The > flowers produce 3-inch long by 1-inch-wide pods. Tipu Tree is mostly used > as an ornamental street tree. > > Raman > > Tipu Tree - 0004.jpg > 56KViewDownload > > Tipu Tree - 0009.jpg > 71KViewDownload > > Tipu Tree - Bark.jpg > 127KViewDownload > > Tipu Tree - Bud.jpg > 58KViewDownload > > Tipu Tree - Canopy.jpg > 111KViewDownload > > Tipu Tree - Flower.jpg > 70KViewDownload > > Tipu Tree - Fruit.jpg > 30KViewDownload > > Tipu Tree - Leaf.jpg > 64KViewDownload
