Thank you Mahadeswara ji for very useful & impportant information. It will help us for we, mainly my neighbours, do have some mango (delicious HIMSAGAR variety) trees over here. But we are fortunate that the nearest Silk cotton tree is about 800 meter away from my place.
Regards, Surajit Koley 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
