Common name Silk cotton tree.Panju maram in tamil. Common in South India.The negative aspects of the tree are: 1. Pollen are allergic. 2. The tree is a host for the wood worm which infect the wood of mango trees, resulting in the death of the trees. Therefore, the C.pentandra should not be cultivated near mango groves / trees.
On Feb 18, 8:01 pm, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: > Sir, > > Attaching images of a tall tree that seems to me to be the "Ceiba > pentandra". But the images of its flower petals available in the internet > differ slightly with the ones in these photos. > These trees are now common here which were planted through plantation > programs and can be found on roadside as well as at unused area of railway > stations. > I do not know if it has any Bengali name though we call it TULO-GACH (tulo > = cotton, gach = tree/plant). > ID help -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba_pentandra > > Regards, > > Surajit Koley > > Ceiba_pentandra_maybe_2012Feb06_01.jpg > 217KViewDownload > > Ceiba_pentandra_maybe_2012Feb06_02.jpg > 240KViewDownload > > Ceiba_pentandra_maybe_2012Feb06_03.jpg > 79KViewDownload > > Ceiba_pentandra_maybe_2012Feb06_04.jpg > 115KViewDownload > > Ceiba_pentandra_maybe_2012Feb06_05.jpg > 155KViewDownload > > Ceiba_pentandra_maybe_2012Feb06_06.jpg > 278KViewDownload > > Ceiba_pentandra_maybe_2012Feb06_07.jpg > 270KViewDownload
