Nidhan ji, Awesome close ups of the Barna.....full of flowers.....details of flowers...oh!..so cute. It is exhilarating. Thanks for sharing.
On Monday, May 7, 2012 7:04:50 AM UTC+5:30, Nidhan Singh wrote: > > Dear All, > > This elegantly blooming tree was photographed from Karnal District > (Haryana) on May 5, 2012. > > *Crataeva nurvala **Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 121, 1827*; > Blatt. & Mill., Beaut. Ind. Tr. 47, t. 9, 1754; *C. religiosa *Forst. f. > var. *nurvala *(Buch.-Ham.) Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f., Fl. Br. Ind. > I: 173. > > *Vern.*: Barna, Varuna. > > A deciduous tree with grey, fairly smooth bark. Leaflets* *3, obovate- > oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, entire, glabrous. Petiole 10-15 cm long. > Flowers* *5-8 cm in diameter, white, pale-yellow or light rose, in > many-flowered, lax, terminal corymbs. Sepals* *4, deciduous. Petals* *4, > long-clawed, oblong-obovate or spathulate. Stamens* *numerous, filaments > slender, free, exceeding the petals. Ovary on a long gynophore. Stigma > sessile. Fruit* *a many seeded ovoid berry, 3-5 cm in diameter, seeds > embedded in a yellow pulp. > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > >
