Yes it does appear to be* Hardwickia binata* Caesalpiniaceae. Marathi: अंजन Anjan. Please keep track of the tree to observe flowering . We don't have good photograph of its flowers on the group. Another tree called as अंजनी Anjani is different whose botanical name is *Memecylon umbellatum.*
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Ganesh Dhamodkar < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all,**** > > ** ** > > Here is another request ID from me. This tree has a quite interesting > feature; one can feel tiny water droplets over our skin when we stand below > it. The droplets are so tiny that they can't be seen, but there's > certainly a feeling of droplets.**** > > ** ** > > These trees are planted along the Nagpur-Amravati highway. These grow as > a big tree; a full-size tree photo is attached alongwith. The leaves look > bi-lobed like the leaves that we offer on Vijayadashmi, but here they are a > bit smaller in size and more delicate. The current season seems to be the > season of new leaves. Most of the trees were still without leaves; this > one photographed tree had these new delicate leaves. There seemed to be a > flattened, dry, pod-like structures at the top; may be remnant from the > last season, but it was too high to see or shoot properly; can't say sure > about it.**** > > ** ** > > Can you please identify this for me? I wanted to at least make a simple > Google search, but I don't even know with what name shall I search it!**** > > ** ** > > Thank you in advance.**** > > ** ** > > Ganesh**** > > (Tweet me at @ganeshdhamodkar <http://twitter.com/ganeshdhamodkar>)**** > -- Dr Satish Phadke
