Beautiful set of pics. Thanks a lot for sharing. Pankaj
On Feb 6, 10:39 am, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful Shots Sir with detail information > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Neolamarckia cadamba* (Roxb.) Bosser, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, > > Adansonia 6: 247 1984. > > Syn: *Anthocephalus* *cadamba* (Roxb.) Miq.; *Nauclea* *cadamba* Roxb. > > > Common names: English: burflower tree > > Hindi: kadam > > Tel: Kadambamu > > Tam: Vellai-cadamba > > Kan: Kadawala > > Mal: Attutek > > > Large deciduous tree; leaves opposite, leathery, ovate, up to 22 cm long, > > glabrous above, pubescent beneath; stipules large, lanceolate, caducous; > > flowers yellow to orange, scented at night, in globose heads 4-5 cm across > > on short peduncles; calyx tubes confluent, lobes linear to linear-oblong; > > corolla tube tubular or slightly funnel-shaped, lobes 5; stamens 5 with > > short filaments, anthers pointed; style filiform, stigma spindle-shaped; > > fruiting head fleshy enclosing aggregate of capsules. > > > Commonly planted in Delhi in gardens and roadsides. Photographed from > > Punjabi Bagh and DU in Delhi. > > * > > * > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964
