Good Shots of "Amrood" tree On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Delicious photos, Is this tree from Region of Tropical America? > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:17 PM, raman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> One of the most gregarious of fruit trees, the guava of the Bottlebrush >> family, is almost universally known by its common English name or its >> equivalent in other languages. A small tree to 33 ft (10 in) high, with >> spreading branches, the guava is easy to recognize because of its smooth, >> thin, copper-colored bark that flakes off, showing the greenish layer >> beneath; and also because of the attractive, "bony" aspect of its trunk >> which may in time attain a diameter of 10 in (25 cm) Faintly fragrant, the >> white flowers, borne singly or in small clusters in the leaf axils, are 1 >> in (2.5 cm) wide, with 4 or 5 white petals which are quickly shed, and a >> prominent tuft of perhaps 250 white stamens tipped with pale-yellow >> anthers. The fruit, exuding a strong, sweet, musky odor when ripe, may be >> round, ovoid, or pear-shaped, 2 to 4 in (5-10 cm) long, with 4 or 5 >> protruding floral remnants (sepals) at the apex; and thin, light-yellow >> skin, frequently blushed with pink. >> >> Raman >> > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
