Thanks Surajit ji for good photographs and Mahadeswara ji for useful information
-- 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/ On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
